SUPERIOR OIL CO. v. HUMBLE OIL AND REFINING COMPANY

No. 50206.

241 So.2d 911 (1970)

257 La. 207

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion November 20, 1970.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Bernard J. Caillouet, New Orleans, Lancelot P. Olinde, Edward de la Garza, Milling, Saal, Benson, Woodward & Hillyer, Lawrence K. Benson, John C. Christian, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.


HAMITER, Chief Justice.

The Superior Oil Company seeks a monied judgment herein in the sum of $116,966.24, with interest, against Humble Oil and Refining Company and Chevron Oil Company (formerly The California Company). The suit involves the interpretation of a joint contract and a contemporaneously executed letter agreement (both signed on June 2, 1960) under which the Mrs. C. B. Hernandez No. 1 well in Acadia Parish was...

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