Seamans Oil Co. v. Guy

Mr. Judge BISHOP

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This case is submitted on certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals of the Eighth Supreme Judicial District.

The facts are as follows: J. H. Guy and his wife, B. A. Guy, on the 30th day of July, 1915, executed an oil and mineral lease to T. J. Neal, his successors and assigns, on land owned by them “for the purpose of exploiting ■ same for the production of minerals.” This instrument by its terms grants and conveys “all the oil, gas, and other minerals in and under” the land with an exclusive right of…