Blanton v. Bruce

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment case. At issue is the ownership of a ¾ mineral interest in the Southwest lk of Section 124, HT & B Ry. Company Survey in Stephens County. The trial court found that the “Bruces” 1 own a V2 mineral interest in the land in question and the “Blantons” 2 own a ¼ mineral interest. The court held that the “Hudson Group” 3 owns no mineral interest in the Southwest lk of Section 124, HT & B Ry. Company Survey. The Hudson Group and the Blantons appeal. 4 We affirm.

Prior to April 24, 1914, R.H. Frost and wife, M.A.E. Frost, owned all of the surface…