Dixon v. American Liberty Oil Company

McCALEB, Justice.

These consolidated jactitation .suits involve the possession of two strips of land situated in the E% of the SE% of Section 11, T. 16 N., R. 8 E., Franklin Parish, one of which contains approximately 18.51 acres and the other 9.37’ 'acres. Claiming that they have possession of the mineral rights by virtue of-their possession of the surface, plaintiffs aver that the defendants, have slandered their title, by recording certain deeds and mineral leases, and by extracting oil beneath the land under the asserted authority of spacing unit orders of the Conservation Department. The…