Wallace v. Hoyt

This suit involves the rights of the respective parties to the oil, gas, and other mineral rights in and under certain tracts of land described in the pleadings. There was a nonjury trial, which resulted in a judgment for the defendants, and plaintiffs have appealed.

It seems that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover, unless their right to do so was’defeated by a certain reservation contained in a deed to one of their remote grantors. The facts pertinent to that question are as follows:

On March 16, 1877, a tract of land, of which the lands in controversy are a part, was patented by the…