Day v. Gibraltar Oil Corp.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

This suit arose in the Chancery Court of Monroe County. Clarence C. Day and Frank R. Day appeal from that part of a decree adjudging that they had no interest in the oil, gas and mineral royalty under a tract of land. No purpose will be served by describing the voluminous pleadings and how the issue arose.

The facts insofar as necessary to present the question involved are next stated. On December 24, 1928, G. T. and Sara Roberts, owners of a tract of land in Monroe County, executed a warranty deed conveying to C. C. Day a one-half interest in and to all…