Continental Oil Company v. Doornbos

NORVELL, Justice.

The Doornbos plaintiffs (William Doorn-bos and others, successors in interest to C. Doornbos) sought, among other things, a declaration that a certain deed executed by Continental Oil Company to A. R. Mc-Elreath and F. W. Suggett, dated January 26, 1943, conveyed no more than a one thirty-second royalty interest in the minerals underlying the lands described in such deed. They further prayed that a deed executed by Continental Oil Company to C. Doornbos on April 23, 1945, be reformed. The trial court decreed that the Doornbos plaintiffs take nothing against the…