Gerrish v. Nason

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• holding that the grantors reservation of a one-half mineral estate were entitled to a floating one-half royalty in spite of qualifying language suggesting they limited the royalty to a fixed one-sixteenth
• holding that the grantors reservation of a one-half mineral estate were entitled to a floating one-half royalty in spite of qualifying language suggesting they limited the royalty to a fixed one- sixteenth
• holding a deed reserving a one-half mineral interest, but describing the reserved royalty as “one half of the usual one-eighth,” did not limit the grantor’s proportional, floating royalty interest
• holding a deed reserving a one-half mineral interest, but describing the reserved royalty as “one half of the usual one-eighth,” did not limit the grant- or’s proportional, floating royalty interest
• holding a deed reserving a one-half mineral interest, but describing the reserved royalty as “one half of the usual one-eighth,” did not limit the grantor’s proportional, floating royalty interest

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