Foos v. Creaghan

McCALEB, Justice.

On March 1, 1949, plaintiff conveyed to the defendants 288 acres of land situated in East Baton Rouge Parish for $11,000, reserving to himself the entire mineral interest but granting to his vendees a lioth royalty in any production which might thereafter be obtained from mineral explorations. Eighteen days later, defendants sold all of the merchantable timber on the tract to one Henry Raziano for $15,000, the latter being given three years to cut and remove it. After the expiration of the term of that contract, defendants made another sale of the timber on the tract to M. L.…