Sartor v. United Carbon Co.

HIGGINS, Justice.

Plaintiffs as assignors of certain oil and gas leases brought this action to recover from the defendant the difference between the amount of the royalty paid and the amount of the royalty alleged to be due, as well as the amount of the severance tax said to have been illegally deducted from the royalty covering the years of 1930, 1931, and 1932.

Defendant filed exceptions of no right or cause of action on the grounds: First, that the plaintiffs are not entitled under the terms of the leases to have the royalty computed on the basis of the market price in Richland parish, of…