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MELANCON v. TEXAS COMPANY

No. 42688.

89 So.2d 135 (1956)

230 La. 593

Arthur MELANCON v. The TEXAS COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Lake, Liskow & Lewis, Charles C. Gremillion, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Joseph M. Rault, Jr., Kalford K. Miazza, Terriberry, Young, Rault & Carroll, New Orleans, Miazza & Drury, New Orleans, of counsel for plaintiff-appellee.

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to cancel an oil, gas and mineral lease executed by the landowner plaintiff, Arthur Melancon, and now held by the defendant, The Texas Company, affecting a 120 acre tract of land situated in Lafourche Parish;1 and this appeal is from a judgment ordering the cancellation.

The undisputed facts in the record show that the lease was granted by the plaintiff on July 20, 1944, for a primary term...

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