Joiner v. Sullivan

WILLIAMS, Justice.

J. D. McCleave and wife, Lillie Mae Mc-Cleave, tinder a deed dated May 25, 1933, conveyed to Fred D. McCleave, a son, a tract of land out of the G. W. Haynes Survey in Morris County, Texas, being described in three parcels aggregating 53½ acres. This deed, which purports to convey the fee simple title with general warranty, contained a reservation or exception, the basis of this action for a declaratory judgment, which reads: “It is understood and agreed that all oil, gas and mineral rights in and to the within described tract of land is herein retained to grantors and their…