Legal Opinion
MOUNGER v. Pittman
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 26, 1959No. 40968PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillespie, J.
On October 31, 1937, when the subject lands were not under any oil and gas lease, appellants’ predecessors in title executed to appellees’ predecessor in title a deed to a parcel of land wherein the grantors made the following reservation:
“We do hereby reserve for ourselves, our heirs and assigns, one-eighth of all the oil and gas which may be produced from said lands to be delivered in tanks and pipelines in the customary manner, and this shall be a covenant running with the land and all sales and other conveyances of said lands shall be subject to this reservation and agreement. ’ ’
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Palmer v. CrewsMississippi Supreme Court · 1948
- Texas Gulf Producing Co. v. GriffithMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
- Westbrook v. BallMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
- Ford v. Jones, Et Ux.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1956
- McNeese v. RennerMississippi Supreme Court · 1945
3Cited by27 opinions
- Pursue Energy Corp. v. PerkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Piney Woods Country Life School v. Shell Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Davis v. HardmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1963
- Thornhill v. System Fuels, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- Picard v. RichardsWyoming Supreme Court · 1961
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