[DOWNLOAD] "Jupiter Oil Company v. Gene M. Snow" by Supreme Court of Texas * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Jupiter Oil Company v. Gene M. Snow
- Author : Supreme Court of Texas
- Release Date : January 23, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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This is a suit to construe a mineral deed. Jupiter Oil Company (Jupiter) seeks, in addition to damages, a declaratory judgment to establish its claimed ownership of one-half of the minerals underlying a tract upon which Gene M. Snow (Snow), a mineral lessee, has produced oil and gas. The trial court held that Jupiter owned a one-half interest in all minerals underlying the tract. The court of appeals reversed, based on the application of the "repugnant to the grant" rule of Alford v. Krum. 671 S.W.2d 870 Tex. 1982). We hold that Alford v. Krum is inapplicable in the current case as the deed at issue unambiguously grants a one-sixteenth interest in the mineral estate as well as seven-sixteenths of the grantors possibility of reverter. Thus, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and affirm the judgment of the trial court.