Parten v. Webb

LAND, Justice.

From a judgment sustaining an exception of no cause or right of action and dismissing the suit, the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal. An exception of no cause or right of action admits as true all of the well-pleaded facts contained in the petition..(1) Plaintiff avers that he is the owner of 200 acres of land in, Webster Parish, Louisiana, under which land he owns certain proportions of the mineral rights. (Tr. pp. 3 and 4.)

That defendant, Webb, notwithstanding plaintiff’s ownership of the said proportionate part of the oil, gas and other minerals in the 200 acres, claimed to…