BERNARD v. MARATHON OIL CO.

No. 7475.

381 So.2d 1286 (1980)

James Presley BERNARD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARATHON OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Refused May 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards, Stefanski & Barousse, Homer Ed Barousse, Jr., Crowley Deshotels & Deshotels, O. H. Deshotels, Jr., Kaplan, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Plauche, Hartley, Lapeyre & Ottinger, Patrick S. Ottinger, Lafayette, and Burton B. Bossley, Jr., Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, FORET and SWIFT, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is a suit by the heirs of Andrew Bernard against Marathon Oil Company, et al, to have an oil, gas, and mineral lease affecting a tract of land in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, declared terminated.

The chronology of the important facts, which have been stipulated to by the parties, is as follows:

On January 16, 1961, Andrew Bernard granted to the Ohio Oil Company an oil, gas, and mineral lease affecting an eighty (80) acre tract...

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