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JOHNSON v. HOUSTON OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS

No. 42230.

86 So.2d 97 (1956)

229 La. 446

T. J. JOHNSON v. HOUSTON OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 20, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. F. Whitworth, Houston, Tex., Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

William Greene, Archie R. Estess, Wilson, Abramson & Maroun, Shreveport, Isaac Abramson, Shreveport, of counsel, for appellee.

HAMITER, Justice.

In the latter part of 1953 the plaintiff, T. J. Johnson, drilled two wells to the Paluxy sand (approximately 2,400 feet deep) on a 140-acre tract of land situated in Caddo Parish and held by him under an oil and gas sublease from the defendant, Houston Oil Company of Texas. The first well, which resulted in a dry hole, was abandoned. The second, although not completed as a producer, showed on tests the presence of oil. Known as Caddo Levee Board...

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