Richard Brittain v. the State of Texas

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• holding that the grantor reserved 1/2 of royalties when the word “royalty” was used and therefore that the grantor was not entitled to receive 1/2 of bonuses and delay rentals
• holding a reservation of royalty on minerals which may be produced “necessarily implies that the grantor contemplated the leasing of the land for production”
• holding a reservation of “an undivided one-half interest in and to the royalty rights on all of oil and gas and other minerals” described a floating royalty interest
• construing a similar provision as a fraction of such royalty as may be reserved in any oil, gas, or mineral lease
• construing a similar provision as a fraction of such royalty as may be reserved in any oil, gas, or mineral lease
• construing reservation of “royalty rights” to mean “an interest in oil, gas, or minerals paid, received, or realized as ‘royalty’ under” existing and future leases

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