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LOWRY v. ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY

No. 22072.

363 F.2d 876 (1966)

Ruffin T. LOWRY et al., Appellants, v. The ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Donohoe, Jr., Andrew J. S. Jumonville, J. J. Davidson, Jr., Lafayette, La., Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, Lafayette, La., of counsel, for appellants.

Richard E. Gerard, Lake Charles, La., William M. Hall, Jr., Lafayette, La., Liskow & Lewis, Lake Charles, La., of counsel, for appellee.

Before WHITAKER, Senior Judge, and WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The parties to this appeal dispute the ownership of leasehold rights in certain oil-bearing lands in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. A primary issue at the trial in federal district court was whether the heirs of Alcide A. LeBourgeois accepted a succession under the pertinent provisions of the Louisiana Civil Code. The district court required the jury to return special verdicts on this issue. See F.R.Civ.Proc. 49(a). At the conclusion of the evidence the defendant...

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