Lawhon v. American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp.

This suit was brought by the appellants, Cullen and Willie Jane Lawhon, against the appellees, American Cyanamid & Chemical Corporation (herein called the Corporation) and American Cyanamid Company (called the Company). In the trial court the case was decided on demurrer to the complaint.

It is alleged that in 1943 the appellants bought 400 acres of land in Pulaski County, subject to outstanding mineral ownerships and to a twenty-five year bauxite lease. (We interpret the complaint to mean that appellants acquired no interest in the bauxite, and this opinion is written on that assumption.) The…