STATE v. COCKRELL

No. 5975.

162 So.2d 361 (1964)

STATE of Louisiana et al. v. Ernest COCKRELL, Jr. et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion March 4, 1964.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1964.

Writ Refused May 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., John L. Madden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Cullen R. Liskow, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Lake Charles, Melvin Evans, Charles B. Jarrett, Jr., New Orleans, and Frederick W. Ellis, Lake Charles, Richard E. Gerard of Liskow & Lewis, Lake Charles, by Cullen R. Liskow, Lake Charles, for appellants.

M. C. Thompson, Monroe, J. Mort Walker, Jr., New Orleans, Claude B. Duval, Houma, Sumpter P. Cousin, Shreveport, and S. W. Plauche, Jr., Lake Charles, by S. W. Plauche, Jr., for appellees.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, HERGET, LANDRY, and REID, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

This is an action in trespass, properly considered as a petitory action, brought by the State of Louisiana, and its lessee, Gulf Oil Corporation, sometimes hereinafter referred to as "plaintiffs", against Ernest Cockrell, Jr., and his lessee, Southern Natural Gas Company, sometimes hereinafter referred to and designated as "defendants". For a cause of action plaintiffs allege that during February, 1959, defendants...

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