Douglas v. Denbury Onshore, LLC

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

FACTS

¶ 1. On October 28, 1937, Appellant Connie Mack Douglas’s grandparents, M.R. Douglas and his wife, Connie Douglas, exe*914cuted an oil, gas and mineral lease (the Douglas Lease) to R.P. Brewer Jr.,1 covering the following land located in Lincoln County, Mississippi:

TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST

Section 11: The SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4; the SE 1/4 and the Wl/2 of the SW 1/4, less and except 5 acres off the West side of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and 15 acres off the West side of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4.

At the time the Douglas Lease was executed, Douglas’s grandparents owned…