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ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY v. JONES

No. 42986.

98 So.2d 236 (1957)

233 La. 915

ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY v. Hunter JONES et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing November 12, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., George M. Ponder, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward M. Carmouche, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Marc Dupuy, Jr., Sp. Counsel to Atty. Gen., H. M. Holder, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., for defendants-appellants.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Baton Rouge, Blanchard, Goldstein, Walker & O'Quin, Shreveport, Dale, Richardson & Dale, Vidalia, for defendants-appellees.

SIMON, Justice.

This is one of two concursus proceedings provoked by the Esso Standard Oil Company, the purchaser of oil from two wells, wherein are cited the State of Louisiana, through the Louisiana State Mineral Board and Registry of the State Land Office as the owner of the bed of the Mississippi River by virtue of its inherent sovereignty, and Hunter Jones, et al., the riparian or littoral owners to assert their respective claims to the funds deposited in the...

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