McCULLOUCH OIL CORPORATION v. VILLEJOIN

No. 5562.

336 So.2d 993 (1976)

McCULLOUCH OIL CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Areson J. VILLEJOIN et al., Defendants and Appellants, Reginald Hayes et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1976.

Writ Refused December 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pugh, Buatt, Landry & Pugh, by Lawrence G. Pugh, Jr., Crowley, for defendant-appellant.

Edwards, Stefanski & Barousse, by Homer E. Barousse, Jr., Crowley, for defendant-appellee.

Bailey & Hollier, by George J. Bailey, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a concursus proceeding. The plaintiff owns oil leases covering 4.93 acres of land included in a unit from which production has been obtained. It deposited in the registry of the court royalties attributable to the 4.93 acres and cited as adverse claimants to the royalties and to the ownership of the land two groups of persons hereinafter referred to respectively as the Villejoin Group and the Hayes Group. The district judge found the Hayes...

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