McElmurray v. McElmurray

COLLINGS, Justice,

This is a suit in trespass ■ to try title brought by A. H. McElmurray and wife. The controversy concerns the construction of a mineral reservation in a deed from defendants, W. W. McElmurray and wife, to A. H. McElmurray. The case was tried before the court upon an agreed statement of facts substantially as follows: Prior to September 4, 1920, W. W. McEl-murray and A. H. McElmurray, who are brothers, each owned under a deed from their father, G. M. McElmurray, an undivided one-half interest in the surface and mineral estate in two tracts of land being: the West one-half of…