Reynolds v. Burns

This is an action to quiet title to the oil, gas and other minerals, except coal, in and under some 14 parcels of land in Saline County. The plaintiffs, by their amended complaint, sought to remove certain instruments as clouds upon their title and further sought a declaratory judgment that they were entitled to all of the oil and gas produced or to be produced from the described premises.

The circuit court of Saline County entered a decree granting the relief prayed in the complaint and dismissed the counterclaim of one group of defendants who are appellants in this court.

The plaintiffs claim…