Clevenger v. Continental Oil Company

In this action we are called upon to determine the rights of the parties in and to oil and gas which may lie beneath real estate particularly described in the indenture which gives rise to the respective claims of the parties.

The question for determination is clearly presented by the instrument under which the parties claim and no good purpose would be served by a detailed statement of facts concerning which there is no dispute. We are concerned only with the legal effect of the following language contained in the instrument upon which each of the parties rely. That language is as follows:

“Thi…