Murphy v. Dilworth

On July 12, 1928, A. L. Dilworth owned a certain tract of land in McMullen and Duval counties, upon which he had previously executed a 10-year oil and gas mining lease in the usual form. On the above date, and while said lease was still in force, Dilworth and wife conveyed said land to John E. Murphy by general warranty deed, with the following reservation :

“Grantors expressly reserve unto themselves for a period of fifteen years from the date hereof an undividad one-sixteenth interest and estate in and to all of the minerals of every character, including oil and gas, in and under and…