Dickson v. Renfro

569 S.W.2d 66 (1978)

Stanley DICKSON et al., Appellants,

v.

E. F. RENFRO et al., Appellees.

No. 77-403.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

June 26, 1978.

As Modified On Denial of Rehearing September 11, 1978.

Keith, Clegg & Eckert, Magnolia, Phillip E. Norvell, Fayetteville, for appellants.

Woodward & Kinard, Magnolia, Robert R. Wright, Little Rock, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In 1976 a producing oil and gas well was completed on a 76-acre tract of land in Columbia county. The six appellants, claiming an undivided two-thirds contingent interest in the land under the peculiar wording of a…