Harrison v. Stevens County

Schultheis, J. —

When a deed grants property title in fee to one party but reserves mineral rights to another party, the title to the mineral rights is severed from the title to the surface rights. McCoy v. Lowrie, 42 Wn.2d 24, 26, 253 P.2d 415 (1953). Robert Michael Harrison obtained by quitclaim deed all “dolomite and limestone and silica and marble rock” located “in, under and upon” 80 acres of land near *128Colville. Clerk’s Papers (CP) at 12. Thomas and Barbara Crain bought 20 of those 80 acres subject to the reservation of mineral rights and submitted an application for a short plat so they…