Martin v. Wilkie

On November 20, 1937, W.I. Wilkie, defendant herein, by warranty deed, sold and conveyed to plaintiff, Roy O. Martin, undivided interests in and to the oil, gas and other minerals in, under and that may be produced from several tracts of land in Bienville and Natchitoches Parishes. The deed was signed by defendant in Bienville Parish, but was not filed for record in the recorder's office of that parish until March, 1941, over three years subsequent to its execution. Its whereabouts for this period is not shown, nor is it shown at whose instance it was recorded. It was not filed nor recorded…