Moore v. Noble Energy, Inc.

OPINION

JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.

This case requires our construction of a royalty interest reserved in a 1955 deed conveying land in Wheeler County. The trial court granted summary judgment for appellees Noble Energy, Inc., et al. Appellants Charles Calvin Moore, et al., appeal. We will affirm the trial court.

Background

By a warranty deed dated May 17, 1955, J.C. Moore conveyed 160 acres in Wheeler County, Texas, to the Veterans’ Land Board of the State of Texas.1 The deed contains a reservation reading, in its entirety, as follows:

THERE IS RESERVED unto the Grantor herein, his heirs and…