Whiteside v. Bell

This case involves the title to an undivided one-half of the minerals under a certain tract of 103.7 acres of land in Harrison County. Petitioner, Whiteside, purchased this mineral interest while there was an outstanding purchase-money lien on the entire tract. Subsequently the land was reconveyed to the holder of the vendor’s lien notes and in cancellation thereof.

In 1916 the land was conveyed to Howard Spann with *413vendor’s lien retained. In 1919 Spann conveyed the one-half mineral interest and the purchaser, a few months later, by quitclaim deed conveyed this property to Whiteside, a…