Thompson v. Graves

Steele Hays, Justice.

This dispute concerns the right to minerals under a lost deed. Appellants, who were the grantors, contend the mineral rights were reserved. The grantee is deceased but her successors in title deny the lost deed contained any reservation of minerals and rely on adverse possession as well.

Appellants, Ona Wilson and Edna Thompson, are sisters. When their father died in 1944 they inherited an undivided half interest in 120 acres in Logan County. In February 1947 appellants conveyed their interest to Edna Graves, from whom appellees acquired title. The deed was never recorded…