Hart v. Craig

¶1 In 1988, members of the Craig family purchased the property in question from members of the Hart family. The deed conveying the property contained the following reservation:

EXCEPTING and RESERVING, however, unto the Sellers/Grantors and their heirs and assigns forever, all of the coal, oil, gas, metals and other minerals and mineral rights, whether metallic or non-metallic, lying in, under or upon said lands, and including the perpetual right of ingress and egress to and from said lands for the purposes of drilling, exploring, mining, producing and in every way operating for such minerals…