PARHAM v. WORTHEN TRUST CO., INC.

No. 96-100.

933 S.W.2d 384 (1996)

326 Ark. 754

James W. PARHAM, Sue F. Parham, Obie Cooper, Cleo Cooper, Howard M. Smith, Linda Payn, Paul Cooper, David Cooper, Pam Kopcheck, John Kopcheck, Dennis Medford, and Jo Anne Stevens, Appellants, v. WORTHEN TRUST COMPANY, INC. and Anne H. Monroe, Trustees of the Monroe Family Trust I and T. Archie Monroe, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Wynne, El Dorado, for appellants.

Michael G. Epley, Magnolia, Cary E. Young, Pine Bluff, for appellees.


ROAF, Justice.

This appeal involves the construction of a 1922 deed by which the appellants, heirs and grantees, obtained a non-participating royalty interest in the mineral rights to property located in Columbia County, Arkansas. The appellees own the property, including the mineral rights. On appeal, the appellants claim that the Columbia Chancery Court erred when it found that they owned a 1/16th instead of a 1/12th royalty interest in the oil and gas produced...

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