Harriss v. Ritter

The petitioners filed this suit in the District Court of Brown County, Texas, against the respondents alleging that they became the owners of 320 acres of land situated in said County by virtue of a general warranty deed dated October 24, 1942; that said deed conveyed all the title, subject to an exception of certain royalties, bonuses and rentals which were reserved by the grantors for a period of ten years from the date of the deed; that on October 24, 1952, all rights in and to such royalties, bonuses and rentals which had been excepted and reserved out of the conveyance and retained by…