Walker v. Fitzgerald

Plaintiffs and their father, since deceased, executed certain gravel deeds or leases purporting to convey to defendants all the sand and gravel on a tract of land owned by plaintiffs in Grant Parish, Louisiana, and providing for payment of four cents per yard royalty on gravel mined from the premises. Suit was filed in Grant Parish in which plaintiffs' prayed for an annulment of the alleged gravel and sand deeds or leases and for a money judgment covering the value of sand removed.

The District Court rejected plaintiffs' demands to have the alleged sales or leases annulled but gave judgment…