SANDEFER OIL & GAS, INC. v. DUHON

No. 91-4318.

961 F.2d 1207 (1992)

SANDEFER OIL & GAS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Deanne Lounsberry DUHON and Freddie Paul Lounsberry, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack C. Caldwell, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, Lafayette, La., and Rudolph Estess, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellants.

Michael R. Mangham and Herman E. Garner, Jr., Mangham, Hardy, Rolfs & Abadie, Lafayette, La., for Sandefer Oil & Gas, Tex/Con Oil & Gas and SHV Oil & Gas.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, BROWN and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Deanne Lounsberry Duhon and Freddie Paul Lounsberry appeal an adverse summary judgment in favor of Sandefer Oil & Gas, Inc., Tex/Con Oil & Gas Co., and SHV Oil & Gas Company. Concluding that the district court erred in its interpretation of the mineral lease at issue, we reverse and remand.

Background

The focus of this litigation is an oil, gas and mineral lease covering property in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana...

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