Brannon v. Varnado

The appellants contend, by their bill in this cause, that Barney Brannon is the fee simple owner of an undivided one-fourth mineral interest in lands located in Forrest County, Mississippi, described as the Northeast Quarter and the North Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 5 North, Range 14 West. The bill has attached thereto, as a part thereof, copies of the conveyances affecting the title to said one-fourth mineral interest. Respondents to the bill, George C. Yarnado, Jr., Wallace R. Gunn, and The Humble Oil & Refining Company, who are the appellees, deny that Brannon…