Brown v. Smith

WALKER, Chief Justice.

On the 15th day of June, 1939, appellees, Ector and Floyd Smith, joined by their wives, executed to appellants, H. L. Brown and W. R. Wheeler, a mineral lease on 62.75 acres of land in Jefferson county. This lease conveyed to the lessees a seven-eighths mineral interest in the land, lessors reserving a one-eighth royalty interest. The consideration was $6,275. The ■lease and a cashier’s check for the con*515sideration were attached to an escrow agreement executed by appellants and ap-pellees on the 15th day of June, 1939, and all three instruments were deposited with the…