Martin v. Snuggs

RENFRO, Justice.

This is a suit in trespass to try title and, in the alternative, for reformation of a deed.

On September 27, 1943, Frost was record owner of the fee-simple title to the land involved. He held the land, however, for the benefit of the General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, a corporation. On the above date, Frost executed a special warranty deed to Martin, which, after the metes and bounds description, contained the following: “Save and except, however, unto the Grantor, his heirs and assigns, an undivided one-half interest in and to all oil and…