Layne v. Baggenstoss

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment of the Chancellor that defendants are the owners of the mineral rights, including gas and oil, under the surface of plaintiffs’ land.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

Both plaintiffs and defendants claim title to their respective interests through the title of Anna Bonn.

Plaintiffs own three contiguous tracts of land: seven acres, nine acres, and fifty acres. There is no question about a reservation of mineral rights being contained in plaintiffs’ deeds of the seven and nine acre tracts. However, no mineral reservation is…