Jackson v. Gulf Refining Co.

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

This case is a sequel of the case of Jackson et al. v. United Gas Public Service Company et al., 196 La. 1, 198 So. 633. In that case the plaintiffs, who were the •heirs of Gus Gibson, sued N. S. and W. R. Spearman for a fourth interest in a tract of land having an area of 169% acres, claimed and possessed by the Spearmans, in the Parish of Caddo. The plaintiffs claimed, alternatively, that, if they were not entitled to a fourth interest in the land, they were entitled to a twentieth interest in it. The Union Producing Company held a lease on the land, as successor to…