Burgin v. Newman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

Plaintiff brought an action to quiet title to land against persons who claim title to fractional interests in and to the *593oil and gas and other minerals in place under the land. Defendants prevailed and plaintiff appeals.

The principal question is whether a conveyance of a one-half interest in and to the oil and gas and other minerals in place from the plaintiff Mae Burgin and her husband, Gilbert Burgin, now deceased, to the defendants, Olney D. Newman and E. L. Trock, is void by reason of the grantees’ failure to record the deed within…