Kelley v. Haas

CULLEN, Commissioner.

John R. and James A. Kelley appeal from a judgment holding that George and Mary Haas, and their lessees, are the owners of the oil and gas rights under a certain tract of land in Henderson County. The controversy grows out of a deed executed in 1904, by the ancestors of the Kelleys to the predecessors in title of the Haases. The deed, immediately following the description of the property, contained this language:

“In this conveyance the said amount of land is subject to former conveyance by Y L Williams of 5¼ acres to S W Langely of the right of way of the LStL&TRRofa…