Webb v. Franks Investment Co.

BROWN, Chief Judge.

L These consolidated cases arise out of disputes over the mineral rights in two separate tracts of land in Caddo Parish, *766Louisiana. In both cases, in the early 1900s, a strip of land was dedicated for a public road. Both tracts were bisected by the roads. The ownership of the roadbeds is critical in determining who now owns the minerals underlying the roads and whether the mineral servitudes have prescribed through non-use. The district court consolidated the two cases and heard arguments on all motions for summary judgment pertaining to the ownership of the roadbeds. The…