McKee v. Douglas

FANNING, Justice.

This suit involves title to one-fourth of the mineral royalty interest under a 38i/-> acre tract of land in Wood County, Texas. This tract was owned by I. A. McKee as his separate property, he having acquired it about six years prior to his marriage to Mrs. Annie McKee, one of the appellants in this cause. In a warranty deed, dated December 30, 1946, signed by I. A. McKee and wife, Annie McKee, the 38½ acre tract was conveyed to C. W. Douglas and Jesse O. Douglas, the appellees herein. Contained in said deed was the following paragraph :

“The grantors herein as a further…