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WHITE v. STATE

No. 3956.

239 So.2d 484 (1970)

Lorena WHITE, Widow of Fred WINKLER et al. v. STATE of Louisiana, Mineral Board for the State of Louisiana, and Register of State Land Office for the State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mouton, Beard, Plaisance & Franques, Caliste Beard, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Edward M. Carmouche and John L. Madden, Asst. Attys. Gen., for State.

R. Booth Kellough, Melvin Evans, New Orleans, and Tucker, Martin, Holder, Jeter & Jackson, H. M. Holder, Shreveport, for Gulf Oil Corp.

Before SAMUEL, REDMANN and LeSUEUR, JJ.

SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this action, which they style petitory, to regain possession of two tracts of land located in the bed of Quarantine Bay, a navigable body of water off the coast of Plaquemines Parish. They allege the State of Louisiana sold the property in 1905 and they acquired by mesne conveyances. They further allege the State exercised rights of ownership adverse to theirs by granting a mineral lease to...

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