Dudley v. Fridge

ALMON, Justice.

This appeal involves a mineral royalty interest deed. The grantors brought this action to have the deed construed as advocated by the grantors or, failing this, to have the deed reformed. The trial court denied relief, holding that the deed was to be construed as advocated by the grantees and that the evidence did not support reformation of the deed.

The plaintiffs are A. Bruce Dudley, Jr., John N. Horner, J.H. Spencer, R.H. McLeod, and Larry U. Sims. In 1971 these five men purchased 100 acres of land in Mobile County with one-half the mineral rights. This 100-acre tract was…