Jones v. Bedford

Appellees W. C. Bedford and daughter, Bettie B. Vestal, sued appellants N. H. Jones and wife, S. A. Jones, and Consolidated Gasoline Company, alleging a conveyance by appellants to them of ⅜4 of" the mineral production from certain described tracts of land in Eastland county, and seeking the adjudication of their rights in and title to the mineral interest claimed. In the alternative, they alleged that, if they were mistaken in their construction of the instrument, then a mutual mistake had been made in the drafting thereof and it should be reformed so as to conform to the real agreement of…