Barnes v. Bee

DAYTON, District Judge.

John H. Kelley and Clara V. Kelley,, on March 29, 1898, by deed which was admitted to record April 2, 1898, conveyed to plaintiff, Barnes, a citizen of Ohio, “one-sixteenth part of all oil and gas and other mineral substances in and under” two parcels of 69% and 2% acres of land, situate in Ritchiecounty, this state, fully described in the deed by metes and bounds,, for the consideration expressed of $2,000 cash. By deed of September 21, 1898, recorded September 24, 1898, Barnes conveyed a half of this, or V82 interest in all, to Mallory Bros., but they subsequently by…