Meriwether v. Dubose

J. W. DuBose brought this suit in the chancery court of Lafayette County, contending that under a contract entered into with James S. Meriwether the latter and the Meriwether Sand & G-ravel Company were due him as an overriding royalty two cents per cubic yard upon all the sand and gravel which Meri-wether and the Sand & Gravel Company had mined and actually shipped from sand and gravel leases in and around Lewisville, Arkansas. His claim was based on the following contract: -

“State of Louisiana,

“Parish of Caddo.

“This memorandum of agreement, made and entered into by and between James S.…