HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY v. JONES

No. 888.

157 So.2d 110 (1963)

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Donald H. JONES et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1963.

Dissenting Opinion November 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Caillouet, Peter R. Monrose, Jr., W. J. McAnelly, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

H. Purvis Carmouche, Jr., Crowley, Percy Sandel, R. Cornelius Smith, Joseph G. Hebert, New Orleans, Edwards & Edwards, by Edwin W. Edwards, J. Lyle DeBellevue, Crowley, James C. Arceneaux, Jr., Rayne, J. E. Kibbe, Abbeville, Hargrove, Guyton & Van Hook, by Elmon W. Holmes, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

En Banc.


HOOD, Judge.

This is an action instituted under the Louisiana Declaratory Judgments Act (then LSA-R.S. 13:4231-13:4246, but now LSA-C.C.P. Articles 1871-1883), to settle a dispute between the plaintiff and some of the defendants as to the correct calculation of royalties due under certain oil, gas and mineral leases either executed by defendants or covering their royalty interests. These oil, gas and mineral leases are owned by plaintiff.

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