Ober v. Williams

McCALEB, Justice.

Plaintiff is the owner of a forty acre tract of land in Richland Parish and one- half of the minerals thereunder. He is seeking in this action .to be declared the owner of the other one-half of the minerals by reason of the alleged extinguishment of a mineral servitude, affecting said one-half, by non-user for ten years. As an incident, he desires an accounting from the servitude owners, their lessees and assignees, for all minerals extracted from the land as the result of drilling operations, allegedly conducted thereon illegally, after prescription had accrued.

The salient…