CRAWFORD v. DESHOTELS

No. 61159.

359 So.2d 118 (1978)

Howard N. CRAWFORD, Jr. v. O. H. DESHOTELS, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. Maraist, Baton Rouge, O. H. Deshotels, III, Kaplan, for defendants-applicants.

Silas B. Cooper, Jr., Cooper & Sonnier, Abbeville, for plaintiff-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

We granted writs in this case to review a decision of the Court of Appeal favorable to plaintiff, an independent landman.1

The case concerns the validity of a contract

whereby plaintiff acquired an undivided one-half interest in defendant McDaniel's interest (one-sixth) in thirty-five acres of land, and the provision in that same instrument giving the consequent co-owners (plaintiff Crawford and defendant...

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