ROEMER v. CAPLIS

No. 13819.

369 So.2d 1186 (1979)

Charles E. ROEMER, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John E. CAPLIS, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Paul R. Mayer, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bethard & Davis by Henry W. Bethard, III, Coushatta, for defendants-appellees John E. Caplis, Jr., Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross, Beatrice Caplis, Adolphe C. Renaud, Sr., Adolphe C. Renaud, Jr., William A. Renaud, Mrs. Ruth Renaud Gras and Commercial Nat. Bank in Shreveport.

Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Watters by John M. McCollam and Andrew L. Gates, III, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Alexandrine Caplis Ryan and James J. Ryan, Jr.


HALL, Judge.

This declaratory judgment action involves the ownership of the minerals below 3100 feet under the Hopewell Plantation, a tract of land containing approximately 640 acres located in Bossier Parish. Plaintiff, Charles E. Roemer, II, is the present owner of the land, on which a producing well was drilled to a depth below 3100 feet in 1972. Defendants are members of the Caplis family, or their successors in title...

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