Texas Supreme Court
Hazel Altman, Petitioners v. W.r. Blake, Iii, Respondents
June 25, 198629 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 457
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that the 1938 Blake deed conveyed a one‑sixteenth interest in the mineral fee, not a royalty interest, and reversed the Court of Appeals. The decision was based on the deed's language and controlling Texas precedent that reserving lease and delay rental rights does not strip a mineral fee interest.