Perkins v. Kemp

LONG, Justice.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment to determine the ownership of one-half the minerals in an 83.4-acre tract of land in Coleman County, Texas. On December 5, 1924, R. F. Kemp and wife sold said land to H. M. Weir and reserved one-half of the minerals therein. On June 6, 1928, Kemp and wife and Weir and wife conveyed to W. B. Duty one-half of the minerals in the land. In the deed from Kemp to Weir there was reserved a vendor’s lien to secure the payment of a promissory note payable to D. O. and J. O. Cameron, as independent executors of the estate of W. N. Cameron,…