Hamilton v. Morris Resources, Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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• “A conveyance of a mineral estate need not dispose of all interests; individual interests can be held back, or reserved, in the grantor.... The interest conveyed or reserved is to be determined from all the provisions of the instrument.”
• “A mineral interest shorn of certain attributes nevertheless remains a mineral interest.”
• “A conveyance of a mineral estate need not dispose of all interests; individual interests can be held back, or reserved, in the grantor. . . . The interest conveyed or reserved is to be determined from all the provisions of the instrument.”
• “A severed mineral estate is comprised of five attributes: (1) the right to develop (the right to ingress and egress), (2) the right to lease (the executive right), (3) the right to receive bonus payments, (4) the right to receive delay rentals, and (5) the right to receive royalty payments.”
• “A severed mineral estate is comprised of five attributes: (1) the right to develop (the right to ingress and egress), (2) the right to lease (the executive right), (3) the right to receive bonus payments, (4) the right to receive delay rentals, and (5) the right to receive royalty payments.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).