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SELLERS v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY

No. 1253.

168 So.2d 435 (1964)

J. Nicholas SELLERS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 27, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, by Lawrence E. Donohoe, Jr., Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

Broussard & Broussard, by Marcus A. Broussard, Abbeville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Liskow & Lewis, by Austin W. Lewis, New Orleans, amici curiae on behalf of defendants-appellants.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ, HOOD SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is a suit brought by four of five lessors seeking cancellation of a mineral lease for reason of nonpayment of royalties. The trial judge, having found in favor of plaintiffs, rendered judgment cancelling the entire lease and awarding plaintiffs attorney's fees in the amount of $2,000. Defendants, Continental Oil Company, as owner of the lease, and Thomas McDermott and Hellenic Oil & Gas Company, as owners of overriding royalty interests...

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