. Jr OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Dear Xr. 'tiles8 

minored rrssnatloa ha6 no la.orestwhateaer lath8 minor&l8 in eda land prior to the ereuutlan or a valid oil .e aa gas lease thema, we'were at llrst inalfaed to h0ia 

that the &ate ot Texas, had ao olaln b one-half of the 

eoaslddrratlan or bonuo money paid to a mbsequeat grantee 

of the told reremtlon ot mlaerdL6e 
Bon.&e00aOi1es, Page e 

Besore rritlng an 0 InIon, howoYer, we aeoured oortlfled eoplw Gf Y ar! ouu lnatzumentsrhiohare 

of roooti in Young county, 

to the land la qua&ion. 

Texas, ariaenolng the title 

Also, we m1ooeoQe4 ln borrow- 

%ag m abstraot v&loh 8howa ths ~omplets title to thI8 

land. U 

transaot r 

nexaxuIn&ugtho8e Irbtnumnta, we rind 0ertai.a 

ona of reoosd uhieh tare oaused u8 to oondude 

t&t the state or TOW ir entitled to ~~oelre one-half 

oftho #S,OOO.OO oonaIderatlon rhloh wem paid to tho Sabiae 

Royalty Corporation wh’eb~lderatlou for the oxeoution or 

the ihrrtzuxteat referred to. 

Suoh la8trumenta dd80loe.e that on RovenborlO, 

1919, Charlea C. Tadplott oonvoyed to J. Kc, Boblason and 

John Meyer M uadlvlded two-M interest in the lena 

Thi8 laataumeat maa filed r0r 

~oq~::%? 1919 and reoorded In Vol. 80, 

Reoords of +a busty, Texas 

moor6 on 

page ssl, Deed 

_ By ins-t dated m 80 198% D. s. hats 

.. oomoyed to &ha 15; *y&r aa uadlvblet one-third interest 

lntho land la question by instnmmtn filed on Juao 22, 

1925, and reoordod in Vol. ll4, p. 72 of the Deed,Reoorda 

of Young euaty, Texas. 

By deeddated 'tiotober 86, 1928, Johi% Neyer 

and J. '1. Ro~lnsan, ooomoyod tho laad 

. 

k-s. ha Bmgdea, filed for reoord on go 

a quecrtion to. 

rersber 9, 19928, 

and reoorded in Vol. 132; p. 255 of tho Dee4 Rwordr of 

Young County, T&as, Suoh lnstxuautprovldedthatnoae 

or the oil or gas or othor’ndnorslc in the ma la questlonrar laoluded intbe~~~eyanoebutt~tall0rsaoh 

minerals were e 

than a l/S2 ray 3 

aolally roeervod to the grantors, other 

tywhlohwaa provldeA to be paid to ?,!Lo 

graatee la the eyed OS pruluotlon of oitl or gas. 

Ia Vol. 84~ 63 of th6 Deed ELeoords OS Young 

Couaty Teras, the30 appear8 en laatnumt daslgriated 

a speak power of attorney, dated Xnzeh 2.2, 1920, rrom ' 

Joha hyer to.toha Elmer Ueyor. ‘. 

By Iaetnumnt6ated July V,ltX36,Edna~yea-, 

-: 4lla Jernlgan Xlag N. Jemlgan, Ylorenoo L. Meyer, Xl810 

Shier, Howard &%I a 1 and Glenn Ueysr, reoltlag'thwnelras 
Eon. Basoom Oilae, Page S 

to be the ohlldro~ of John %yer Sr., daoaaead, oonoeyad 

en undivided r/U3 lntaraet In the land IA question to 

Sablna Royalty Corporrtloa. Thle Inetru!nant uae filed 

for raoord on Baptanbar 10, 1956, and 18 raoorded In 

Vql. 165 p. 478, .Daod Raoorae or Young County, Texae. 

By Iietrumant dated April 29, 1957, Sablna Royalty Corporatlon:eapeoIally ratified and oonrlrmaa to 

8. P. Parrle ead:Roundup Oil & Oar Oompany ‘ell the laaeahold aetatoe, rights and rIrIl~gae 80 olalmod by eald 

Parr18 an4 Roundup Oil (r ii0 

whloh laaeahold rlghte, 

l Company, above raoItadn, 

aetafoe. and privileges ware . 

‘daeorIbad.ae being a full and unaaoucnberoa leaeehola Interest In 8.0Id land. Suoh inetrumant further reolted that 

It war the IntaatIon of the Sablne Royalty CorporatIon.to 

grant to the grantee6 thorkin Vha full 7/8 leaeohold 

wmrlcing interest la and to tho traot ot land abovo daeorlbed; aad suoh &all be the litrot hereof just a8 eurely 

l e If 6a$d Sablno Royalty Qorporati$m had properly aAd 

ofSIoIally join& in the-awoutlon OS the rarloua leaeee’ 

uudair~whloh said Farrle and said Ropadup Oil 6 oaa Company 

: alaim”. : 

The oil and gae lea80 whlih waa tIlad.ln~the 

Oenoral &aad OttIoa was exaouted byj&e. Ann Brogaen only 

In favor of B. P. FarrW The boaq raoItod.ia euoh 011 

and, gae lease Is the etm of $6.18, fr 10 oente par aore* 

A- It beo&ee~ apparent from the Inetruiianta above 

referred to, and other Iafornatlon whfoh wa -hero raceltad, 

that thara were two careone beerlng the miaaeot John 

4yer who reel6dd In Toung County at the time of the traneaatlone la queatIoa~ Tho lncrtrumentr la quaetlda and 

other olraumstanoee lndloate l trongly that the John Meyer 

nnmea a8 grantee la the Inetrument dated November 10, 

1919, and reoorded In Vol. 80 p. 331, Deed Raoorde of 

Young Uounty la a dlffixant pereon from the John E. Meyer 

named ae grantee In the dead dated June 80, 1925, raoorded 

In Vol. 114 p. 7z! of the Deed Reoords of Young County, 

Texas. The Instrument dated Ootobak 86, lQi30, raoordod 

.- In Vol. 138 p. 853 or tha Wmgg County Dead Rooorde, under 

w>Ioh lnetrumant k&e. Ann Brogden apparently olalne 18 

exeoutad by J. W. Roblmon and by John R. Mayer. John 

4yer did not join as grantor in said inetrument. If It 

Ie true that John B. Mayer owe a one-third Lndlrldod. 

Interest In the lend In question and that Joha Meyer own8 

,. 

;.. 
Eon. Baeooa Cllce, Page I 

a 8Imllar Intsroat, then it tollor;e that a one-third 

uudIrIded interest wa6 outetaAdiAg In John ydyer upon 

the data of the exaoutlon of the oil end gas leaae by 

&in Brogden to B. P. terrla. This outetandilig interest 

apparently wee purohsaad by Sablao Royalty Corporation 

an6 theraeftar ooaveyad to 8. P. farrla aud Roundup Oil 

6 Gas Co!apaay in au instrument *hIah, in our opinion, has 

the legal eitoot of an orlgIsa1 oil aad gas loaao. 

At the time ot the l xeoutkon of auah lnatrumaat 

by the Sablne Royalty Oorporatlon, the Stete of Texas was 

the oupar 0S.a OIIO-third undivided intereat IA the oil, 

gas and other mineral6 4nm’ the traof of land lo question, 

and Sablna Royalty Corporation by ilstua oi Artlolea SSb7 

end SsbS, 19.935 Reviaad Civil Stetutee of Texas, known a8 

tha RelInqu1ehmaAt Aot, we6 the olaati ot an undivided 

r/S of the l urfaoa aad aoIl, and by virtue thareot~ , ra8 

ooaetltutad the agent of the Stata oi Toxae for the purpoaa 0s exeanting an oil an6 gas laaaa upon a one-third 

uudIrIdad Intaraak .in said tinarale; Said aorporetIon 

was boon4 and obllga$od to psy to the l3tate of Texas 

oaa-halt of any binme raoelrod In ooneIderatlon for euoh 

oil ‘and gee lease. B. P. Zerrle and Roundup 011 t On8 

Ooapany llkawIee ware bound and obllgete(. to pay the 

Stlta Of Texas OA&hdf OS said bonus, aAd the Obligation 

or the lasaeae Is mt tulfllled or axouaed by msking 

full payznant to the loaeor. Empire Gas t Fuol Co. tr 

Stato, 47 9. 8. (2d) B4XL 

Aooordlngly, you are afltIaad that, In our 

OQi Ai oa , 

upon the s 

ou hate taken a oorreot positioa in oallI.Ag 

ablna Royalty Corporation for paysant of onahalt of the amount reoalred by It by the exeoutlon or 

the lnetruzient IA question. Alao, In our opinion, B. P. 

yarrla and Roundup 011 E One CospaAy ark jOfAtly and 

severally abound and obllgatad to tha Stata oi Texas for 

*-- tha acme debt. 

II oopy of this opinion la balng seat to the 

Sablie Royalty Corporation, togather rltl a demand for 

pawent of the a-:.Quat IA question. The neoeaeary proaaadinge will ba taken to eo Oroe payxant .ii VoluAtery . 

paymdpt Is not mada. A sin1 14 r damand will be reade 

upon B. P. Furls sAd Roundup Oil & Gas Compe~y. we 
Boa, Baroon Oiler, Page S 

shall also aontinue our invsetlgation in order to 

determlnr finally and oonolu~ire1.t whether or not 

John Yeyor and John X. Nayor each owned an andlvlded 

oneathird Oi the land in quertlon at the tine of the 

trumaatlonr here lnrolv.rrd. 

four8 rory truly 

. AT’IQItN’Kf GEHPZAL OF TKXAS 

Bohert IS. Kepko 

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