BRASHIER v. TONEY

No. 57024.

514 So.2d 329 (1987)

C.B. BRASHIER, Jr., Ralph C. Brashier, Arnold R. Brashier, J. Don Haynes, Wilma Hancock Haynes, Ralph V. St. John and John Player v. R.L. TONEY, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otis Johnson, Jr. and Philip M. Reeves, Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Jackson, for appellants.

Tally D. Riddell, Quitman, Nancy N. Morse, A. Jerry Sheldon, Gerald, Brand, Watters, Cox & Hemleben, and John Land McDavid, McDavid & Noblin, Jackson, for appellees.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and GRIFFIN, JJ.


GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

We are called upon to interpret a mineral reservation in a warranty deed dated July 1, 1940. The language of the reservation created no controversy for a period of at least forty years. Only oil production created varying interpretations of the language; therefore, this action.

With little dispute as to the truth, competent counsel presented the evidence to the learned chancellor...

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