Robinson v. Speer
Decision Date | 14 April 1966 |
Docket Number | No. H--87,H--87 |
Citation | 185 So.2d 730 |
Parties | Melvin A. ROBINSON and Dorothy Robinson, his wife, and Daniel Melnick and Janice Melnick, his wife, Appellants, v. Eugene M. SPEER and Myrtle E. Speer, his wife, Appellees. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Dean F. Cochran, Mount Vernon, N.Y., and Parker Foster & Madigan, Tallahassee, for appellants.
Giles, Hedrick, & Robinson, Orlando, Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Leon M. Payne and Selby W. Sullivan, Houston, Tex., for appellees.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing the complaint of plaintiff-appellant, without prejudice.
Plaintiffs sought partition by sale of mineral rights held in common with the appellees-defendants below in 1600 acres of land in Volusia County, Florida. The appellees owned 3200 acres of land and sold the same reserving 'an undivided one-half interest in the minerals' with the perpetual right of ingress and egress to mine etc. The appellants purchased about one-half of the 3200 acre tract, or 1600 acres, by deed which expressly provided that such conveyance was subject to the ownership of the mineral rights of Speers. We think the language contained in the reservation by Speer is controlling in this case and should be set out in full as follows:
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