Arnold v. Sun Oil Co.

[1] This is a petitory action, in which one of the plaintiffs, Effie Dexter Arnold, seeks to be recognized as the owner of an undivided one-half interest in 80 acres of land on which there is a producing oil well. This tract is situated in the Parish of Richland, State of Louisiana, and is described as follows: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 14, and NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Section 23, Township 17 North, Range 9 East. Each of her coplaintiffs, Robert B. Prentice and Murray Hudson, seeks to be recognized as the owner of a fractional royalty interest in the minerals under this land by virtue of a deed…