Pruitt v. Porter-Wadley Lumber Co.

PORTERIE, District Judge.

On February 12, 1916, Porter-Wadley Lumber Company, an Arkansas corporation authorized to do business in the state of Louisiana and actually doing business therein, was the owner of the following lands in Webster Parish, Louisiana, to-wit: E. ½ of S. E. ¼ and S. E. ¼ of N. E.¼, of Sec. 7, Tp. 21 N., R. 9 W. On that date the Porter-Wadley Lumber Company sold the. land to German Investment Company, reserving the minerals under the land for a period of thirty-five years. Full recital *32of this agreement is given in the case of C. Orbin Bailey against the same defendant…