Tiller v. Tiller

CARROLL, Justice.

The appellees filed suit in the district court of Caldwell County, seeking, among other relief, recovery of accrued royalty payments claimed by them under a 1958 partition deed. The trial court entered partial summary judgment construing the partition deed in favor of the appellees, and subsequently entered a final judgment awarding damages to the appellees based on the trial court’s interpretation of the 1958 deed. We will reverse the judgment of the trial court and render judgment that the appellees take nothing in this cause.

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