Currie v. Continental American Bank & Trust Co.

McCALEB, Justice.

Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment dismissing his suit on an exception of no right or cause of action. He claims that he is entitled to be recognized as owner .of an undivided one-third interest in the minerals in and under the fractional Section 19, Township 19 N., Range 16 W. Caddo Parish, Louisiana, which is registered in the name of the defendant bank.

The pertinent allegations of the petition are that the defendant bank acquired- fee title to the real estate involved; that, more than five years after its acquisition, it sold the land to one Platt, reserving to itself…