Cantley v. Hubbard

1 This case reached this Court with the style "James Bookout Cantley, et al. v. The River Gas Corporation, et al.," but we have restyled it to reflect the true parties in interest.

This appeal presents a question of construction of a mineral reservation in a 1929 deed. The trial court held that by that deed the grantor reserved all minerals; the heirs of the grantee appeal.

In 1924, the United States granted a land patent to George Hallman, reserving "to the United States all coal in lands so patented, and to it, or persons authorized by it, the right to prospect for, mine and remove coal from…