Lesley v. VETERANS LAND BD. OF STATE

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the “exception did not withdraw the executive right from the conveyances in the lot owners’ deeds but merely subjected the exercise of the right to the covenant’s limitations”
• using that label for a mineral interest stripped of the executive right
• “The executive right is the right to make decisions affecting the exploration and development of the mineral estate[.]”
• “The non- executive royalty interest owner owns an interest in the royalty when the executive leases the minerals.”
• “When a mineral interest is conveyed, the executive right incident to that interest passes to the grantee unless specifically reserved.”
• “If the exclusive right to lease the minerals could be exercised arbitrarily or to the non-executive’s detriment, the executive power could destroy all value in the non-executive interest, appropriating its benefits for himself or others.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).