Collier v. Caraway

COMBS, Justice.

This is a suit in trespass to try title, involving the ownership of the oil, gas, and other minerals in 53 acres of the Joseph Ellery League of land in Hardin County. Appellee T. J. Caraway and his wife, now deceased, were common source of title. Appellants T. J. Caraway et al. claim to the oil and gas estate originated as follows:

By general warranty deed, dated March 19, 1907, T. J. Caraway and wife conveyed the 53 acres of land in question to their daughter Mrs. M. J. Calloway as a gift. That deed, after the description of the land and immediately before the habendum clause,…