Pursue Energy Corp. v. Perkins

PRATHER, Justice,

for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves construction of a deed through which a mineral interest was conveyed. The language within the deed’s “four corners” was construed by the chancery court as unambiguous, and this Court affirms.

A. The Facts

The parties presented various arguments and legal theories, most of which need not be reproduced in this opinion. In essence, this Court was called upon to construe an allegedly ambiguous deed entitled “Mineral Right and Royalty Transfer.” 1 The deed, executed in 1969 by Jack and Evie Mi-chaels, conveyed to D.L. Perkins an…