Producers Oil Co. v. Hanzen
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP LOUISIANA. The- facts, which involve the title to property conveyed by a United States patent and the construction of such patent and the amount of land conveyed thereby, are stated in the opinion. . The action is possessory, and no question of title is involved, or can be decided, because not in issue.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP LOUISIANA. The- facts, which involve the title to property conveyed by a United States patent and the construction of such patent and the amount of land conveyed thereby, are stated in the opinion. . The action is possessory, and no question of title is involved, or can be decided, because not in issue. Actual possession of part of an estate, with title to the whole, is possession of the whole, and gives the holder of the title the right to maintain a possessory action as to the part not actúally occupied or physically possessed. Sallier v. Bartlett,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Plaintiff in error — The Oil Company — instituted this action July 1, 1910, in the District Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, for the purpose of establishing its right to possession of part of Lot No. 1, Section 4, Township 20, North, Range 16, West, suddenly become very valuable through discovery of gas and oil. The petition alleges that the United States in 1874 sold to one Pitts Lots 1 and 2, Section 4, forming a projection known as “Wilson’s Point,” surrounded on three sides by waters of James Bayou, a navigable stream; that he immediately entered and together with his successors remained…
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