Williams v. J. & C. ROYALTY CO.

NORVELL, Justice.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment construing the following mineral reservation or exception contained in two deeds dated March 23, 1934, executed by American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company to H. A. Manley (For discussion purposes, we have divided the wording of the reservation into first, second and third clauses, by inserting numbers in the text) :

“This deed of conveyance is made and is accepted by the parties at interest hereto subject to a certain oil, gas and mineral lease dated December 22, 1933, executed by American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company…