Southwest Gas Producing Co. v. Hattie Brothers

SIMON, Justice.

As lessees by mesne assignments of a mineral lease dated April 26, 1944, charged with the obligation to make proper payment of royalties, plaintiffs instituted this concursus proceeding 1 against defendants-appellants, 2 defendants-appellees 3 and others 4 for a judicial determination of the ownership and the extent to which defendants are entitled to participation in the royalties from the production allocated to two tracts of land in Section 11, Township 19 North, Range 2 West, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. Plaintiffs deposited in the registry of the court all accrued royalties…