Hillmer Et Ux. v. Farmers Royalty Holding Co.

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment for defendants in a trespass to try title suit in which plaintiffs, appellants here, seek to cancel two deeds which convey mineral rights beneath 335 acres of land in Colorado County, Texas.

On October 20, 1931, plaintiffs below, who are husband and wife, jointly executed an instrument styled “Contract — Employment for Pooling Royalty,” which, though loosely drafted, purports to employ the defendant G. T. Blankenship “to pool oil and gas mineral rights as herein described,” and as full compensation for these services agrees to convey to him…