BAKER v. CHEVRON OIL CO.

No. 11576.

245 So.2d 457 (1971)

Herbert BAKER and Mrs. Gertrude Baker Paynter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHEVRON OIL CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1971.

Writ Granted May 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holloway, Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Madison, Files, Garrett, Brandon & Hamaker by H. Flood Madison, Jr., Bastrop, for Chevron Oil Co.

Ford & Nugent by Howard N. Nugent, Jr., Alexandria, for Hinton Feed & Seed Store, Inc., James V. Hinton and John M. Hinton.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and HEARD, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied March 30, 1971.

BOLIN, Judge.

Herbert Baker and Gertrude Baker Paynter seek to be recognized as owners of one-half the mineral interest in and under a 60-acre tract located in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, previously sold by them to John and James Hinton on March 29, 1956.

In their deed to the Hintons the vendors reserved one-half the minerals which they subsequently leased to Wheless Oil Company. The Bakers claim the mineral...

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