Pasteur v. Niswanger

Lee Seamsteb, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from-the Lafayette Chancery Conrt. The court decreed parti-1 tion and sale of a leasehold working interest in an oil and gas lease on 40 acres of land in said county. The question involves the right of the court to enter a judgment for partition and order of sale of the leasehold working interest owned by the parties, under the facts in the case.

Appellant Edna Mae Pasteur acquired the ownership of the lease in question. To get the funds necessary to drill or work the lease, she sold and assigned a one-half interest in the lease to Adma C. Niswanger…