De Moss v. Sample
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Red River; W. T. Cunningham, Judge. Jactitation suit by William De Moss against A. N. Sample, S. G. Sample, and the Producers’ Oil Company, converted into a petitory action by defendants’ claim of ownership to oil and gas and reserved mineral rights. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
This is a jactitation suit brought by plaintiff, who alleges that he acquired title to the land in dispute from two of the defendants, A. N. and S. G. Sample, in the year 1911, and that he has been in quiet possession thereof since that time, until shortly before the filing of this suit, in 1914. He further alleges that the defendants, the two Samples and the Producers’ Oil Company, have disturbed him in his possession by entering upon the estate, and by extracting oil therefrom.
Defendants answer, admitting that plaintiff bought the land in question at the time indicated, but allege that in…
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