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STEVENS v. STATE MINERAL BOARD

No. 3298.

221 So.2d 645 (1969)

Mrs. Lillian C. STEVENS, Testamentary Executrix of the Succession of Dr. Noah S. Cutrer, Nicholas D. Olivier, Arthur C. Reuter v. STATE MINERAL BOARD, Gulf Oil Corporation, Estate of William G. Helis, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuter, Reuter & Schott, Arthur C. Reuter, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Edward M. Carmouche, James E. Phillips, Jr., John L. Madden, Asst. Attys. Gen., for State Mineral Bd., defendant-appellee.

Booth Kellough, Melvin Evans, New Orleans, H. M. Holder, of Tucker, Martin, Holder, Jeter & Jackson, Shreveport, for Gulf Oil Corp., defendant-appellee.

Morris Wright, New Orleans, for Estate of William G. Helis et al., defendants-appellees.

Before REGAN, YARRUT and REDMANN, JJ.

YARRUT, Judge.

This is a suit to remove "clouds" from the title of certain "water bottoms" forming the beds of Black Bay and Breton Sound, bodies of water on the east coast of Louisiana, to which Plaintiffs claim ownership. The "clouds" consist of recorded instruments constituting Lease No. 195 granted by the State of Louisiana and presently owned by Gulf Oil Corporation and the Estate of William G. Helis.

Defendants are the Mineral Board of the State of Louisiana...

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