Legal Opinion
Portman v. Earnhart
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 30, 1960No. 15753PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
This case involves the title to one-fourth of the minerals in and under a 65.25 acre tract of land in the F. M. Puryear Survey in Grayson County, Texas, which appellant Portman claims by virtue of a mineral deed from T. A. Key. Key’s claim of title to said minerals rested on a mineral deed from S. F. Earl, a former fee owner, which deed was unrecorded in Grayson County for almost seventeen (17) years. It is our opinion that the judgment awarding title to the minerals in controversy to the ap-pellees who had acquired the tract as innocent purchasers for value during the…
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