STOKES v. HARRISON

No. 4724.

109 So.2d 506 (1959)

Winston L. STOKES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Lester R. HARRISON, Defendant-Appellant, and Beauregard Parish School Board, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1959.

Certiorari Granted April 29, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey & Mouton, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Kay & Kay, DeRidder, for defendant-appellant.

L. H. Coltharp, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., DeRidder, for School Bd., defendant-appellee.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER and FRUGE, JJ.


FRUGÉ, Judge ad hoc.

The plaintiffs who are operators under mineral leases of a certain oil-producing unit invoked the present concursus proceeding. Plaintiff holds certain mineral leases covering the mineral rights in controversy from each of the defendants herein. A lease was granted by the defendant, Lester R. Harrison, on July 9, 1954, and thereafter a lease was granted by the defendant Beauregard Parish School Board on August 9, 1955.

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