Davis v. St. Joe School District of Searcy County

By this suit for a declaratory judgment the appellants as plaintiffs and the appellee as defendant seek an interpretation of a warranty deed by which Joe H. Dowdle and others conveyed two acres of ground to School District No. 33 of Searcy County. The appellants have succeeded to the interest of the grantors; the appellee has acquired the grantee’s interest. The chancellor held that the deed conveyed the fee simple title, subject to a reservation of minerals. It is contended by the appellants that the deed conveyed only a defeasible estate and that the title has reverted to them.

In the deed…