Rhodes v. J-W Operating Co.

HALL, Judge.

This is a suit for damages allegedly caused to plaintiff’s land and timber arising out of the removal of a pipeline crossing his property. Plaintiff is M. M. Rhodes, a resident of Union Parish, Louisiana. Defendants are J — W Operating Company, a Texas corporation, and Sartor Company, Inc., a Louisiana corporation.

Plaintiff alleged in his petition that:(1) He is the owner of a certain tract of land in Union Parish.(2) In 1947, plaintiff’s predecessor in title entered into a right of way contract with Root Petroleum Company for the laying, operation and removal of a pipeline across…