Westbrook v. Ball

On January 2, 1946, J. F. Ball conveyed to Charlie E. Westbrook, appellant herein, certain lands in Amite County. One-sixteenth of the minerals had been reserved by a predecessor in title of J. F. Ball, and J. F. Ball, when he conveyed to Charlie Westbrook, reserved 15/16 of the minerals, the reservation reading as follows:

“The grantor retains all of the oil, gas, and other minerals excepting sand and gravel, in, on, and under lying, and as may be mined and produced from said land, together with rights to go upon, enter, to explore for, drill for, mine, store, transport, and remove all of…