Hill v. Roberts

The one issue involved in this suit is to be determined by the construction of two deeds, the first deed from the Texas Company to R. E. Hill, and the second deed .from R. E. Hill to I. H. Roberts and Y. E. Stampfli. The controversy between Hill on the one hand and Roberts and Stampfli on the other arises out of the wording of the last deed, in which Hill was the grantor, viewed in the light of the deed to him from the Texas Company. The question before the trial court and before us is as to whether the last-named deed conveyed to the grantees the one-eighth royalty payable by the Texas…