COSGRAVE, District Judge.
On January 12, 1935, Fred Wiese and others, the owners of the land, granted to Williams Petroleum Corporation a fee-simple title, subject to certain taxes and recorded restrictions, but "reserving unto the grantors and heirs and assigns 17½% of all gas, oil and hydrocarbon substances." The deed was recorded a few days thereafter. Later, on March 28, 1935, and as part of the same transaction, the parties to the deed entered into a separate...
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