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McKENNA v. WALLIS

Civ. A. Nos. 8904-B, 8937-B.

200 F.Supp. 468 (1961)

Patrick A. McKENNA, Plaintiff, v. Floyd A. WALLIS and Pan-American Petroleum Corporation, a corporation, Defendants. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Floyd A. WALLIS, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

December 26, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MacCracken, Collins & Whitney, Philip R. Collins, Courtney Whitney, Jr., Washington, D. C., Edmond G. Miranne, New Orleans, La., for Patrick A. McKenna.

Cobb & Wright, Lloyd J. Cobb, Joseph V. Ferguson, II, William P. Hardeman, Percy Sandel, New Orleans, La., for Pan American Petroleum Corp.

Henican, James & Cleveland, C. Ellis Henican, New Orleans, La., Horace M. Holder, Shreveport, La., for Floyd A. Wallis.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

These cases involve rights in a mineral lease covering about 830 acres on the oil-rich banks of Southwest Pass, one of the mouths of the Mississippi River, around the community of Burrwood in southernmost Louisiana. The common defendant, Wallis, holds his lease from the United States. He did not come by it without a fight.1 Nor is his title yet secure.

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