MELANCON v. MELANCON

No. 2012.

199 So.2d 573 (1967)

Adies MELANCON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cabel MELANCON, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith & Stansbury, by Frank Smith, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Percy Sandel, New Orleans, Pierre D. Olivier, Fredric Hayes, Lafayette, Jacob H. Morrison, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before SAVOY, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


SAVOY, Judge.

On April 6, 1956, Pan American Production acquired an oil, gas and mineral lease executed jointly by plaintiff's grandmother, Lucille Melancon Maus, and Cabel Joseph Melancon, Jr., covering the property involved in the instant suit. The lease contains an express warranty of title. Pan American changed its corporate name to Pan American Petroleum Corporation, the present lessee and a defendant. Pan Am drilled...

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