CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY v. REILY

Nos. 43757, 43758.

104 So.2d 633 (1958)

235 La. 511

CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY v. James S. REILY, Collector of Revenue, State of Louisiana. AMERADA PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. James S. REILY, Collector of Revenue, State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Application for Rehearing Withdrawn September 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hebert & Landry, by A. Leon Hebert, Watson, Balanche, Wilson, Posner & Thibaut, by Fred A. Blanche, Sr., Baton Rouge, Burney Braley, Fort Worth, Tex., Ward T. Jones, Houston, Tex., for appellants.

Robert L. Roland, Levi A. Himes, Roy M. Lilly, Jr., Philip N. Pequet, Chapman L. Sanford, Baton Rouge, for appellee.


PONDER, Justice.

Plaintiffs brought suit for the recovery of corporation franchise taxes paid under protest for the years 1946, 1947, and 1948. From a judgment dismissing their demands, the plaintiffs have appealed.

The sole question is whether intangible drilling and development costs (comprising labor, fuel, expenditures incurred in making a well, geological and geophysical costs all of which have no salvage value) are such assets of the corporation as are...

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