MATLOCK OIL CORPORATION v. GERARD

Nos. 11849-51.

263 So.2d 413 (1972)

MATLOCK OIL CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. C. H. C. GERARD et al., Defendants-Appellees. MATLOCK OIL CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Harper P. COLVIN et al., Defendants-Appellees. MATLOCK OIL CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Hassie Hunt TRUST et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1972.

Writ Refused July 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shuey, Smith & Carlton, by I. Henry Smith, Jr., and W. Gene Carlton, Shreveport, for Matlock Oil Corp., McRae Funds, Inc., Petrofunds, Inc., Dal-Long Oil Company, and O. Biller, plaintiffs-appellants.

Fred L. Jackson, Homer, Curator ad hoc, for James W. Pratt, Vera Thompson, Fair Butler Digby, Dr. Rease Mitcham, Daucie B. Pratt, Vann L. Pratt, John Paul Pratt, Mabel L. Klein Deer, and Mabel L. Klein Deer Trust, defendants-appellants.

Spencer and Spencer, by J. V. Spencer, III, Fred L. Jackson, El Dorado, Ark., for Walter J. Giller, as managing trustee of the Anna W. Giller Trust, defendants-appellants.

Meadors, Atkins and Meadors, by George H. Meadors and W. F. M. Meadors, Jr., Homer, for George G. Gill, Paulyn Gill Dougherty and Ruth Gill James, defendants-appellants.

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, by Clarence L. Yancey, Shreveport, for Henry Leon Brenner, defendant-appellant.

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, by Robert Roberts, III, and Clyde W. Thurmon, Shreveport, for Cortez Hicks Laurence, C. H. C. Gerard, and Harper P. Colvin, defendants-appellees.

Downs & Dixon, by Herschel M. Downs, Shreveport, J. R. Goff, Arcadia, for Hassie Hunt Trust, Lula Mitcham Thompson, Myrtie Thompson McDonald, Dr. Donald Thompson, Marjorie Thompson Alexander, Joe Thompson, David Thompson, Bobbye Thompson Mann, Lucille Thompson Ramsey, and Clara Thompson Isom, natural tutrix of the minor, Cynthia Louise Thompson, defendants-appellees.

Before AYRES, BOLIN, and HALL, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied June 27, 1972.

AYRES, Judge.

By these actions for declaratory judgments, plaintiffs seek to be recognized as the owners of certain oil, gas, and mineral leases. These cases were consolidated for trial in the court below and have likewise been consolidated for argument in this court. Plaintiffs are the same in all three cases, as are the issues of fact and of law. Differences consist only with respect to the individualities of the...

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