SMITH v. WEST VIRGINIA OIL & GAS CO.

No. 63766.

373 So.2d 488 (1979)

William A. SMITH et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Respondents, v. WEST VIRGINIA OIL & GAS CO. et al., Defendants-Appellees-Relators.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. McVea Oliver, Oliver & Wilson, George M. Wear, Sr., Monroe, for defendants-appellees-relators.

William A. Hargiss, Monroe, for plaintiffs-appellants-respondents.


TATE, Justice.

The plaintiff landowners sue to enjoin the defendants, primarily the lessee of mineral rights on the plaintiffs' property granted by plaintiffs' ancestors in title, from constructing a gas pipeline across their property or from removing any gas existing under it.

The trial court denied the plaintiffs' rule for a preliminary injunction, holding that the plaintiffs had failed to establish irreparable...

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