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SUN OIL COMPANY v. STATE MINERAL BOARD

No. 42609.

92 So.2d 583 (1956)

231 La. 689

SUN OIL COMPANY et al. v. STATE MINERAL BOARD, Miss Alice J. Miller (Intervenor).

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Henriques, Jr., New Orleans, for intervenor-appellant.

George C. Schoenberger, Jr., Tinsley Gilmer, New Orleans, amici curiae.

King, Anderson & Swift, Lake Charles, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, Heller & Heller, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

McCALEB, Justice.

This suit involves the constitutionality of Act 513 of 1952 (R.S. 30:181-188) which authorizes the State Mineral Board to execute mineral leases on lands owned in indivision by 500 or more persons for the benefit of all the owners thereof, when any 50 or more of the co-owners of said property have petitioned the Board to lease the subject property. Upon receiving such a request the Board has authority to follow the same procedure used by it in the...

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