McKinnon v. Lane

BOYD, Justice.

Prior to January 1, 1944, the United States (hereinafter called the Government) became the owner of 1,902.613 acres of land in Wichita County and subdivided it into farm tracts with numbered Units for sale to farmers as a rural settlement project. Appellee Loyce J. Lane purchased Unit 62, containing 47.436 acres, and the North 18.182 acres of Unit 63. Several other tracts out of the original tract were sold by the Government, aggregating, with Lane’s tract, 337.588 acres. In all such deeds the Government reserved ¾ of the minerals. After these sales were made and effective on…