Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Salling's Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of De Soto; John H. Boone, Judge. Suits by the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company against the Heirs of Lottie A. and Ernest N. Sailing and others were tried together. Judgment for defendants overruling plaintiff’s plea of prescription and rejecting plaintiff’s demand in each case, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The Pleadings.
O’NIELL, J.
Plaintiff, being the owner in possession of a large tract of land in the parish of De Soto, brought three jactitation suits against parties who claim ownership of the mineral oil and gas beneath the surface of the land and claim the right to enter upon the land and bore and explore for oil and gas. The complaint, in substance, is that the. claim of each defendant is in its nature the assertion of a real right upon the land, and is therefore a slander of plaintiff’s title.
The heirs and legal representatives of the deceased Ernest N. Sailing and of his deceased wife,…
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