HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff is the owner of a large body of salt marsh land in the parish of La Fourche, La., to wit, 26,794.65 acres. These lands, without value for agriculture or grazing, have a surface value for trapping purposes of $5 an acre. In addition, because of the prospecting for oil which has been going on in the Louisiana Gulf Coast country for many years, they have a speculative mineral value. Beginning in 1927, defendant, an oil company engaged...
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