WHITEHALL OIL COMPANY v. ECKART

No. 1941.

197 So.2d 664 (1966)

WHITEHALL OIL COMPANY, Inc. et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Richard O. ECKART et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1967.

On Motion to Amend Decree April 12, 1967.

Writ Granted June 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrus & Pavy, by Alex L. Andrus, Jr., Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Opelousas, for plaintiffs-appellants-appellees.

Voorhies, Labbe, Fontenot, Leonard & McGlasson, by Bennett J. Voorhies, Lafayette, Pavy & Boudreaux, by A. V. Pavy, Opelousas, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, by Carlos G. Spaht, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees-appellants.

Lewis & Lewis, by Seth Lewis, Jr., Boagni & Boagni, by Charles F. Boagni, III, Opelousas, Liskow & Lewis, by William M. Hall, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

En Banc.


TATE, Judge.

This is a concursus proceeding. LSA-C.C.P. Art. 4561 et seq. The owners of a mineral lease deposited a disputed share of an overriding royalty interest into the registry of the court. Two sets of defendants are impleaded to assert claims against this disputed royalty interest. They are opposing groups of the heirs (or their successors) of the late Edward M. Boagni, Sr. We will denote these respective opposing defendants as the Edward-Vincent group and...

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