Lewis v. Bodcaw Lumber Co.

The plaintiff sued to be declared the owner of the mineral rights in the 40 acres of land described as N. E. % of N. W. % of section 15, Tp. 21 N., R. 10 W., in the parish of Webster. The defendant Bodcaw Lumber Company sold the land to Walton H. Lewis on the 10th of November, 1917, by notarial deed, which was promptly recorded, and contained the following reservation of the mineral rights for the period of 15 years, viz.: “Reserving to the grantor,' its successors and assigns, for fifteen years from Nov. 25th, 1916, all of the gas, oil and minerals and mineral rights in and under said land,…