WHITE v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY

No. 2919.

232 So.2d 83 (1970)

Joseph D. WHITE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1970.

Writ Refused April 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broussard, Broussard & Moresi, by Marcus A. Broussard, Jr., Abbeville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bailey & Mouton, by Charles Bailey, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


MILLER, Judge.

Plaintiffs claim ownership of a one acre square tract of land in the southeast corner ofa 20 arpent tract which measures 2½ arpents east and west by 8 arpents north and south. The larger tract, which is in the Erath Field of Vermilion Parish, is under mineral lease to defendant, and this suit is for the recovery of the value of minerals produced by defendant from the one acre parcel in controversy.

Both plaintiffs and defendant trace their...

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