Summary
This document is a dissenting opinion in a Texas Supreme Court case concerning the construction of a royalty deed. The dissent argues that the deed unambiguously conveyed all of the grantor’s royalty and overriding royalty interests in Wharton County, despite an inaccurate specific property description, and criticizes the Court for treating the deed as ambiguous.
Questions Presented
- Whether the royalty deed's specific and general granting clauses are ambiguous when the grantor does not own the interest identified in the specific description.
- Whether the deed's general geographic grant should be enforced to convey all of the grantor's royalty interests in Wharton County.
- Whether Smith v. Allison controls when the specific and general grants concern estates of the same character.
Disposition
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Cases Cited (11)
- Smith v. Westall, 13 S.W. 540 (Tex. 1890)(followed)
- Wit v. Harlan, 2 S.W. 41 (Tex. 1886)(followed)
- Holloway's Unknown Heirs v. Whatley, 131 S.W.2d 89 (Tex. 1939)(followed)
- Sun Oil Co. v. Burns, 84 S.W.2d 442 (Tex. 1935)(followed)
- Tex. Consol. Oils v. Bartels, 270 S.W.2d 708 (Tex. Civ. App.—Eastland 1954, writ ref'd)(followed)
- Smith v. Allison, 301 S.W.2d 608 (Tex. 1957)(distinguished)
- Laucheimer v. Saunders, 65 S.W. 500 (Tex. Civ. App. 1901, no writ)(followed)
- Sun Oil Co. v. Bennett, 84 S.W.2d 447 (Tex. 1935)(followed)
- Gulf Production Co. v. Spear, 84 S.W.2d 452 (Tex. 1935)(followed)
- Jones v. Colle, 727 S.W.2d 262 (Tex. 1987)(criticized)
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