James H. Davis, Individually and D/B/A Jd Minerals, and Jdmi, Llc v. Mark Mueller

Texas law has long given effect to a general conveyance of all the grantor’s property in a geographic area, such as a county, 1 the state, 2 or even the United States, 3 thereby enlarging an accompanying conveyance of property specifically described. 4 We did not do so in J. Hiram Moore, Ltd. v. Greer because we concluded that the deed was ambiguous. 5 The court of appeals reached the same conclusion in this case, but we think the deed here is clear. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals’ judgment 6 and render judgment for petitioner.

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In 1991, Virginia Cope, 7 a Georgia resident at the…