SUPERIOR OIL CO. v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO.

No. 3630.

226 So.2d 565 (1969)

The SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, Inc. and the California Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCloskey & Dennery, Joseph McCloskey New Orleans, and J. William Vaudry, Jr., for plaintiff-appellant. Barham, Wright, Barham & Dawkins, Charles E. Barham, Ruston, of counsel.

Bernard J. Caillouet, Lancelot P. Olinde, Edward De La Garza, New Orleans, for Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Milling, Saal, Saunders, Benson & Woodward, Lawrence K. Benson and John C. Christian, New Orleans, for The California Co. (now Chevron Oil Co.).

HALL, BARNETTE and GARDINER, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

The Superior Oil Company ("Superior") and The Pure Oil Company ("Pure") filed this suit on September 29, 1964, each plaintiff seeking to recover the sum of $116,966.24 from Humble Oil & Refining Company ("Humble") in connection with the drilling of an oil and gas well in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. The California Company, whose name was subsequently changed to California Oil Company and then to Chevron Oil Company (referred to herein as "California...

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