Wemple v. Nabors Oil & Gas Co.

Plaintiff is the owner and in possession of a certain 80 acres of land in De Soto parish, acquired by him through mesne conveyances from one Sample. He alleges that the above-named defendant and another are slandering his title to the land by asserting title in themselves to all the minerals in and under said lands.

The other defendant (a lessee, with lease now expired) disclaims all interest in the land or in this controversy; but the claims *486of the defendant above named are thus set forth, in substance, in the brief filed in its behalf:

“The evidence is this case shows that S. O. Sample was…