Childs v. Porter-Wadley Lumber Co.

ROGERS, Justice.

This is a suit for slander of title brought by Phares F. Childs against Porter-Wadley Lumber Company, a corporation, and the other defendants named in the petition.

Plaintiff alleges that he is the owner of and in actual physical possession of S.W.¼ of N.W¼ of Section 20, Township 21 North, Range 9 West, Webster Parish, Louisiana, which he acquired from Charles S. Childs by notarial warranty deed dated December 17, 1923, and duly recorded in the conveyance records of the parish. That defendants are slandering his title to the oil, gas and other minerals on the property by…