Swope v. McCurry

L. C. Swope and six other persons brought this suit against C. L. McCurry and the Bank of Colfax to annul certain oil and gas leases made with McCurry; to have the originals of said leases returned to them by the bank; to have the inscriptions of the copies of said contracts erased from the records of the parishes where the leased property is situated; and for $28,000 damages for slander of their titles. Subsequently, two of the plaintiffs withdrew from the litigation.

Defendant McCurry filed numerous exceptions and pleas, all of which were overruled. He then filed his answer, which was,…