Niblett Farms, Inc. v. Markley-Bankhead, Inc.

ODOM, Justice.

The plaintiff corporation owns a large tract of land in the Parish of Jefferson Davis. On September 16, 1941, it addressed a communication to Markley-Bankhead, Inc., of Lake Charles, Louisiana, the opening statement of which reads as follows : “We hereby grant you the exclusive privilege, for a period of three months from today, of entering upon the following described lands in Jefferson Davis Parish aggregating 12,132.46 acres, for the purpose of making geophysical exploration thereof by the torsion balance or reflection methods, or drilling thereon.”

Then follows a description…