Smith v. Holt

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Thomas W. Smith, who acquired the Ei/2 of the SW^ of the SWj^ Section 30, T. 17 N., R. 9 E., Richland Parish, which land was subject to a reservation of all the minerals made on October 28, 1939, by a former owner, defendant J. E. Holt, instituted this proceeding against Holt and those who acquired mineral and royalty interests through him, to be declared the owner of the mineral-mights and to have defendants disclaim title thereto because of the claimed expiration of the servitude through non-use for a period of ten years; and he is appealing from a…