Nolen v. Bennett

SIMON, Justice.

Proceeding under authority of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, LSA-R.S. 13:4231-4246, J. S. Nolen and his five children, Mrs. Mozelle Andrews, Drew Nolen, James Fay Nolen, Ray Nolen and Doyle Nolen, instituted this suit against J. Aubin Bennett and against William Herbert Hunt, Trustee for Hassie-Hunt Trust, seeking judgment in favor of J. S. Nolen declaring him to be the owner of and entitled to all royalties and all the interests in the oil, gas and other minerals from the surface of the ground to a depth of 8,000 feet; and further declaring Mrs. Mozelle Andrews, Drew…