Richmond v. Zapata Development Corp.

BOUTALL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment that granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiff’s suit.

On October 2,1974, plaintiff, R. Randolph Richmond, filed suit against Zapata Development Corporation (Zapata) alleging that Zapata sold plaintiff 640 acres of land with all legal warranties on June 9, 1972. Plaintiff alleges further that the act of sale made no mention of a certain oil, gas, and mineral lease granted by Gay Union Corporation to Gulf Refining Corporation, dated August 11, 1930, and properly recorded in Iberville Parish, situs of the subject…