Long-Bell Petroleum Co. v. Tritico

HAMITER, Justice.

Plaintiffs, the Long-Bell Petroleum Company, Inc., and its lessee, the Barnsdall Oil Company, instituted this suit to enjoin the defendant, Sam R. Tritieo, from interfering with the exercise of mineral and leasehold rights, allegedly owned by them, in lands in Beauregard Parish described as the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, all of Section 28, and the East Half of Section 29, Township S South, Range 9 West.

Additionally, plaintiffs prayed for judgment confirming the title of the Long-Bell Petroleum Company, Inc., to the mineral rights in and under the entire tract, and…