Succession of Cloud’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “WHEREAS appearers no longer wish to remain in undivided ownership of the minerals and royalties associated with the above described property; and WHEREAS they desire to amicably divide the said mineral interests and royalties between them; and WHEREAS they acknowledge that there is presently litigation concerning alleged mineral transfers to Martin Sanders, Jr. in connection with the East twenty acres described above as Tract Number Two, said transfers involving a possible one-fourth mineral interest and a one-twelfth mineral interest, thus totaling a one-third mineral interest in said Tract Number Two; and WHEREAS with the exception of the contested one-third 'mineral interest involving the claims of Martin Sanders, Jr., the remainder of the mineral interests and royalties associated with the above tracts of property are owned by appearers; and WHEREAS appearers, as co-owners of the mineral interests and royalties desire to partition, compromise and settle all of the mineral and royalty interests they may presently have or may receive in the future after conclusion of the litigation, and to accomplish their mutual wishes and desires, the parties have agreed to the following: [the five siblings divide the uncontested % interest in Tract Two equally.] [[Image here]] I ¿Appearers further declare that with regard to the one-third mineral interests in the said East One Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 11 North, Range 6 West, which is ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 677 So. 2d 613 - Cloud v. Sanders