Spradley v. Finley

*261The question posed here is whether or not a conveyance of an undivided mineral interest for a term of years is continued in force after the expiration of the term by reason of production elsewhere on land unitized or pooled with this mineral interest.

The trial court concluded that the title to the mineral interest had not been postponed beyond the term expressly stated in the conveyance. The Court of Civil Appeals held to the contrary and reversed and rendered. 294 S.W. 2d 750. We agree with the latter result.

In 1936 petitioners, Spradley and wife, conveyed to La-Grone and W. T. Bourn,…