Siegel v. Helis

ROGERS, Justice.

This is a jactitation suit, in which the district court, on confirmation of default, gave plaintiff judgment, quieting him in the possession of a mineral lease covering forty acres of land in Sabine parish, decreeing that the numerous defendants are without any right, title, or interest in and to the lease; that it be plaintiff's property by clear and unencumbered title, and that the clerk of court be ordered to erase from the conveyance and mortgage records the instruments described in the petition so far as they attempt to affect the property of plaintiff.

On appeal by J. H.…