Legal Opinion
Harrill v. Pitts
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 9, 1940No. 35531PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
This is a petitory action in which the plaintiffs seek recognition as owners of an undivided 22/48ths interest in 108 acres of land in the Rodessa oil field, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, described as:
“The W% of the SE1/^ and the East 28 acres of the NE% of the SW(4 of Section 13, Township 23 North, Range 16 West, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.”
Minerals have been produced from the property and the plaintiffs have also prayed for an accounting of their share of the proceeds of the sale thereof.
The defendants pleaded prescription of ten and thirty years (Rev.Civ.Code, arts. •3478, 3499)…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Smith v. ChappellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- National Park Bank v. Concordia Land & Timber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Leader Realty Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- Tyson v. SpearmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Tircuit v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Canterberry v. Slade BrothersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
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