BAILEY v. FRANKS PETROLEUM, INC.

No. 82 CW 0208.

417 So.2d 503 (1982)

James J. BAILEY, III, et al. v. FRANKS PETROLEUM, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Coleman, Jr., Franklin, and John B. Noland, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs.

Patrick S. Ottinger, Lafayette, Herschel M. Downs, Shreveport, for Franks Petroleum.

David Klotz, Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons, Shreveport, for Scurlock Oil Co.

Lee C. Kantrow and Richard F. Zimmerman, Jr., Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Baton Rouge, for Fidelity Nat. Bank of Baton Rouge.

Before LEAR, CARTER and LANIER, JJ.


LANIER, Judge.

This is a supervisory writ granted to review the judgment of the trial court overruling an exception of improper venue. Suit was originally filed by the plaintiffs to secure from Franks Petroleum, Inc. interest and attorney's fees as penalties, in accordance with La.R.S. 31:133 et seq., for failure to timely pay royalties for mineral production pursuant to a mineral lease covering certain lands in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Plaintiffs filed...

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