Mills v. Mills

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

A. Y. Mills an.d Nancy Mills by petition in equity claimed to be joint owners in remainder in fee simple to a tbree-fonrtbs undivided interest, subject to the life estate of defendants, Mat and Sawyer Mills,_ in a tract of land in Knox County described in the petition. The Witmer Company was also a defendant.

Appellants alleged that Mat and Sawyer Mills had leased the oil and gas rights, in and under the entire tract of land mentioned, at a time when they owned only a one-fourth undivided interest, with life…