Legal Opinion
Huie Hodge Lumber Co. v. Railroad Lands Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 27, 1922No. 23103PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Bienville; J. E. Reynolds, Judge. Action by the Huie Hodge Lumber Company against the Railroad Lands Company, Limited. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
This is a suit to have certain reservations of mineral rights contained in deeds to lands made by defendant’s ancestor in title to plaintiff’s vendors decreed to have been forfeited for nonuser for more than 10 years. The facts are *199not disputed, and the question is one of law.
There were two deeds, and the reservation in the first reads as follows:
“And it is distinctly agreed as part and parcel of the terms of sale of the lands above described that the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad Company reserves to itself, either for its own benefit or for sale to others, the exclusive right to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Salling's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Dunham & Shortt v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- McKinney's Heirs v. Cen. Ky. Nat. Gas. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
3Cited by17 opinions
- Vincent v. BullockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Holloway Gravel Co. v. McKowenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Palmer Corporation of Louisiana v. MooreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- United Carbon Company v. Mississippi River Fuel Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Continental Group, Inc. v. AllisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
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