Ardis v. Texas Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; E. P. Mills, Judge. Suit by J. B. Ardis against the Texas Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtOverton, J.
This is a suit to annul part of a mineral lease on the ground that there has been no development with respect to a part of the property leased, and in the event the prayer for annulment is not granted then for damages for failure to develop the property fully.
It appears that, in 1912, J. B. Ardis, the plaintiff herein, was the owner of certain land situated in the parish of Red River. The land in question is intersected by the Texas & Pacific Railroad, which, at that point, runs north and south. Whether the railroad company owns the fee to the strip which it occupies, or whether it owns only…
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