CANTLEY v. HUBBARD

1911384.

623 So.2d 1079 (1993)

James Bookout CANTLEY, et al. v. Howell HUBBARD, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry McElheny and Mary P. Thornton of Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood & Lloyd, P.A., Birmingham, for appellants.

Charles M. Coleman of Crownover, Coleman & Standridge, Tuscaloosa, for appellees.


ALMON, Justice.

This appeal presents a question of construction of a mineral reservation in a 1929 deed. The trial court held that by that deed the grantor reserved all minerals; the heirs of the grantee appeal.

In 1924, the United States granted a land patent to George Hallman, reserving "to the United States all coal in lands so patented, and to it, or persons authorized by it, the right to prospect for, mine...

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