Holcombe v. Superior Oil Co.

HAMITER, Justice.

In these consolidated suits, docketed in this court under a single number, the plaintiffs, as owners of mineral rights, seek damages' allegedly resulting from a geophysical trespass admittedly committed by agents of the defendant. Their rights, totaling 1163.5 mineral acres, are in and to portions of a large tract of land of approximately 2098 acres located in Calcasieu Parish and known as the Gibson Farm. The Layne Louisiana Company .owns that tract of land, subject to outstanding mineral rights on 1363.5 acres, including those of the plaintiffs herein.

The trespass occurred…