Viator v. Haynesville Mercantile Company

SIMON, Justice.

Plaintiff instituted this suit to have the mineral royalty interest conveyed by him to defendant declared extinguished by the prescription of ten years liberandi causa.

Defendant, contending that prescription had been interrupted by certain drilling operations conducted on said land, refused the demand of plaintiff to voluntarily cancel the mineral deed in question.

Upon trial on the merits, the district court rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff, decreeing that the royalty interest conveyed by him to defendant had prescribed and therefore reverted to plaintiff. Attorney fee…