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SUPERIOR OIL CO. v. FONTENOT

No. 14923.

213 F.2d 565 (1954)

SUPERIOR OIL CO. et al. v. FONTENOT.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin E. Hardin, Baton Rouge, La., Cullen R. Liskow, Lake Charles, La., Finas P. Jones, Jr., Houston, Tex., Liskow & Lewis, Lake Charles, La., of counsel, for appellants.

John B. Smullin, Dept. of Revenue, Baton Rouge, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and BORAH, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought under LSA-Revised Statutes, Title 47, Sec. 1576, the suit sought to recover $66,964.30 which the plaintiffs had paid to defendant, as collector, as severance taxes claimed to be due for oil and gas produced after June 5, 1950, and before May 22, 1953.

The claim briefly stated was:

1. That plaintiffs prior to June 5, 1950, acquired an oil, gas and mineral lease, State lease number 194, to 556.77 acres forming a portion...

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