COGHILL v. GRIFFITH

No. 12-10-00346-CV.

358 S.W.3d 834 (2012)

Patricia H. COGHILL, Appellant, v. Henry Wyatt GRIFFITH and Syble Griffith, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

January 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory D. Smith , for Appellant.

Billy D. Anderson , T. Brooke Farnsworth , T. Ragon Richey , J. Mark Mann , Robert M. Minton , M. Keith Dollahite , Appellees.

Panel consisted of WORTHEN, C.J., GRIFFITH, J., and HOYLE, J.


OPINION

JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the construction of a royalty reservation in a 1961 Rusk County deed. Appellant, Patricia H. Coghill, contends that under the future lease clause, the grantor reserved one-eighth of the royalty (a fraction of royalty). Appellees, Henry Wyatt Griffith and Syble Griffith, contend the grantor reserved only a one-eighth of a one-eighth royalty (a fractional royalty). In three issues, Coghill...

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