Justice Boyd delivered the opinion of the Court.
Buried in a mound of real-property deeds lies a single contract-interpretation question: What is the function of a clause that "saves and excepts" 1/2 of "all royalties from the production of oil, gas and/or other minerals that may be produced from the above described premises which are now owned...
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