SMITH v. ANDREWS

No. 51,186-CA.

215 So.3d 868 (2017)

Daniel Joseph SMITH, et al. Plaintiffs-Appellees v. B.J. ANDREWS, et al. Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DAVIDSON SUMMERS, APLC By: Randall Stephen Davidson , William Lake Hearne, Jr. , Andrew D. Martin , Counsel for Appellants, Billy Joe Andrews and Betty Ruth Andrews.

JOHN S. EVANS, COOK, YANCEY, KING & GALLOWAY By: Kenneth Mascagni , Counsel for Appellees, Daniel Joseph Smith, Patricia Marie Smith Maloy, and Margaret Linn Smith, Executrix of the Succession of Dewitt Rogers Smith.

BRADLEY MURCHISON, ET AL. By: Joseph L. Shea, Jr. , Katherine Smith Baker , Tara R. Jones , Counsel for Third Party/Appellee, Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation f/k/a The Union Central Life Insurance Company.

GORDON, ARATA, McCOLLAM, ET AL. By: Scott A. O'Connor , Alex B. Rothenberg , James Michael Fussell, Jr. , Counsel for Appellee, Beusa Energy, Inc.

OGWYN LAW FIRM, LLC By: David H. Ogwyn , Counsel for Appellees, Quest Energies, LLC, and David Ogwyn.

CLAIRE P. SHARP , Counsel for Appellees, Grand Cane Land & Cattle Company, Inc., and Carole M. Smith Trust.

TROY D. GIBBS, Appellee, In Proper Person.

MARY VIRGINIA GIBBS, Appellee, In Proper Person.

TERRY DALE JORDAN, Appellee, In Proper Person.

LISA MOREHEAD PORTA, Appellee, In Proper Person.

TOMMY JOE BISON, SR., Appellee, In Proper Person.

BRENDA ANDREWS BISON Appellee, In Proper Person.

WILLIAM E. STREAKER, Appellee, In Proper Person.

MARTHA CAMERON YORK, Appellee, In Proper Person.

ROBERT DALE LONG Appellee, In Proper Person.

KAYLA RASCOE LONG, Appellee, In Proper Person.

SUSAN HALL MOREHEAD ANSTEY, Appellee, In Proper Person.

KELLY ROGERS MOREHEAD-MEOT, Appellee, In Proper Person.

Before LOLLEY, GARRETT, and COX, JJ.


Billy Joe ("B.J.") and Betty Ruth Andrews appeal from a trial court judgment finding that two mineral servitudes, affecting property to which they own the surface rights, have not prescribed from nonuse and are still in effect. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court judgment....

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