West v. Arrington

The principal question involved in this case is the interpretation of a reservation of oil, gas and mineral rights in a conveyance.

S.B. Daws owned the surface of a tract of the land involved in this suit and an undivided one-fourth of the oil, gas and other minerals which may be produced, saved and marketed from said land. On May 22, 1940, Daws conveyed the land to B.C. Arrington by a deed which contained the following reservation:

It is further understood and agreed that the grantor herein retains all of the oil, gas and mineral rights in, on and under the above described lands with the right…