EXCHANGE OIL & GAS COMPANY v. FOSTER

No. 8021.

237 So.2d 904 (1970)

EXCHANGE OIL & GAS COMPANY v. Murphy J. FOSTER et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1970.

Writ Refused October 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Roberts, of Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, Shreveport, for appellant.

Lawrence E. Donohoe, Jr., of Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, Lafayette, Louis G. Shushan, of Steeg & Shushan, H. H. Hillyer, Jr., of Milling, Saal, Saunders, Benson & Woodward, New Orleans, Lee Lottinger, Jr., of Lottinger & Lottinger, Houma, and G. W. Pigman, of Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for appellees.

Before LANDRY, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

This concursus proceeding invoked by Exchange Oil & Gas Company, lessee of defendant Murphy J. Foster and his co-owners of Dixie Plantation, situated in St. Mary Parish, seeks to determine ownership of oil royalties due by virtue of mineral operations conducted on the property. The dispute, between the landowners and certain royalty owners, presents the single issue, namely, whether production from a well located on a part of Dixie Plantation situated...

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