Boddie v. Drewett

McCALEB, Justice.

Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment recognizing him as owner of the minerals underlying a 12-acre tract of land in the Ruston Oil Field. This tract, which is situated in the extreme southwest corner of Section 17, T. 19 N., R. 2 W., Lincoln Parish, was conveyed on December 5, 1941, to Mrs. Carrie Brock Martin by Ruston State Bank & Trust Company, the latter reserving all of the minerals. Plaintiff purchased these mineral rights from Mrs. Martin on July 18, 1952, on the theory that the mineral servitude created by the bank’s mineral reservation had prescribed because of…