Gibson v. Turner

GRIFFIN, Justice.

All previous opinions of this Court are hereby withdrawn; the motion of petitioners for a rehearing is granted, and the following is the opinion of the Court.

This suit involves the construction of the royalty clause of an oil and gas lease. On February 18, 1947, petitioner, Margaret G. Gibson, her mother, and her two sisters and. a brother were owners of an undivided %oths fee interest in the minerals in, ■ on, and under Survey 14, Cert. No; 3802, Blk. 4½, G. Q. & S. F. Ry. Co. Survey, containing' 922- acres of land in Upton County, Texas. Margaret Gibson owned an undivided…