Legal Opinion

Woods v. Sims

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1954No. A-4717PublishedCited by 162 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker

This case involves the construction of three mineral deeds to determine the interests acquired by the respective grantees in the royalty payable under an existing oil and gas lease, the land having been surveyed after the execution and delivery of the deeds and found to contain more acreage than was apparently contemplated by the parties at the time the deeds were given.

On January 18, 1941, T. L. Miller and wife executed and delivered to S. W. Sims an oil and gas elase on a tract of land in Grayson County, the land being- described in the lease as follows:

“200 acres of the S. Carmena Survey…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Benge v. ScharbauerTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Associated Oil Co. v. HartTexas Commission of Appeals · 1925
  3. Richardson v. HartTexas Supreme Court · 1945
  4. Hoffman v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1925
  5. Patrizi v. McAninchTexas Supreme Court · 1954

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3Cited by162 opinions

  1. Sun Oil Co. (Delaware) v. MadeleyTexas Supreme Court · 1981
  2. City of Pinehurst v. Spooner Addition Water Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Luckel v. WhiteTexas Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Ogden v. Dickinson State BankTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Pursue Energy Corp. v. PerkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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