Gaines v. Crichton

ROGERS, Justice.

On December 21, 1918, Thomas Crichton, Jr., trustee, purchased from William E. Bible 460 acres of land in Webster parish, and on the same day agreed to sell 200 acres of the property purchased to Robert Gaines. On December 28, 1923, the act of sale of the property was executed by Crichton, trustee, to Gaines, with the following reservation in favor of the vendor, viz.:

“The vendor, Thomas Crichton, Jr., Trustee, in making this sale, reserves the ownership of one-half the oil, gas and minerals in and on the above described land with all the rights and privileges usual in such…