Martin v. Hancock Bank

BRADY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree of the Chancery Court of Harrison County which overruled appellants’ demurrer. Some background facts are necessary for the understanding of this cause and are as follows.

The appellees, life tenants together with the trustee, executed an oil lease to Humble Oil & Refining Company for mineral exploration of their interest in Berkley Plantation. All of the remaindermen joined in the lease except appellants, who own one-fifth of one-sixth of Berkley Plantation, subject to the appellees’ life estate. See Martin v. Eslick, 229 Miss. 234,…