Ruiz v. Martin

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit involving the apportionment of royalties under an oil, gas, and mineral lease. The lease involved was given by appellant’s predecessor in title and covered three tracts of land aggregating 600 acres, which lands are presently owned by appellant, J. M. Ruiz. Appellees, J. C. Martin, Jr. and Dora M. Russell, are the owners of an undivided one-half interest in the oil royalties, gas royalties, and royalties in other minerals in a tract of 463.8 acres, described as Tract I in such lease. Such royalty interest is a perpetual non-participating royalty interest.…