Chennault v. Stovall

MILLS, Judge.

The petition alleges that plaintiff is the owner of a 7/39 interest in 240 acres of land in Richland parish; that he and his co-owners joined in a mineral lease of the tract to the Southern Carbon Company, which on or about November 19, 1930, brought in a gas well on the land, the initial production of which was 26,568,000 cubic feet; that on October 14, 1931, the Carbon Company abandoned the well and executed and recorded a release of its lease; that at the time of the abandonment and release petitioner was making arrangements to have said well deepened and cleaned out and…