Blevins v. Manufacturers Record Publishing Co.

On Rehearing

TATE, Justice ad hoc.

By this petitory action the plaintiff1 claims title to approximately 408 acres of land situated in Section 40, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., St. Charles Parish. The principal defendants are the Manufacturers Record Publishing Company, which allegedly acquired title to the property in question by recorded deed of 1915, and the Humble Oil and Refining Company, Manufacturers’ mineral lessee.2 (For convenience in discussion, reference to the “defendant” or to “Manufacturers” will include where indicated not only Manufacturers itself, but also those defendants whose interest…