Hinchee v. Long Bell Petroleum Co.

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Ben H. Hinchee, the owner and in possession of approximately 673 acres of land in Allen Parish, Louisiana, availing himself of the provisions of R.S. SOBOl, 1 instituted suit to compel the defendant, Long-Bell Petroleum Company, to furnish him a recordable release of claims asserted by that Company to mineral rights in the said land, as well as to have his title to such minerals recognized and adjudged clear and free of the defendant’s claims, and for attorney’s fees in the sum of $5,000 2 Exceptions of no right or cause of action filed by the defendant…