GENERAL AM. OIL CO. OF TEXAS v. WILLIAMS, INC.

No. 83 CA 0213.

441 So.2d 1268 (1983)

GENERAL AMERICAN OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS v. WILLIAMS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1983.

Writ Denied February 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Hardeman, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, for General American Oil Co. of Texas.

Charles L. Stern, Jr. and Stephen H. Kupperman, Stone, Pigman, Walter, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, for Williams, Inc.

James B. Supple, Franklin, for Cyril Hebert, Gabriel Hebert, Sidney Hebert, Milton LaFont, Berthe Hebert Taylor, Richard L. Bourgeois, Emerite B. Oliver, Walter Bourgeois, Sully Bourgeois, Mabel Bourgeois, Ronald Champagne, Andrea C. Thomas, Michael Champagne, Gary Champagne, Roy Champagne, Wilson Bourgeois, Daisy Belle B. Borel and Valerie Hebert Granger.

Daniel T. McKearan, Harahan, for Arvellia B. Torstenson.

Walter J. Senette, Jr., Borne, Rogers & Senette, Franklin, for non-resident Hebert heirs.

Before SHORTESS, LANIER and CRAIN, JJ.


LANIER, Judge.

This is a concursus proceeding instituted by General American Oil Company of Texas (General American) to determine the ownership of an undivided 7/20ths interest in a 106 acre tract of land located in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, on which General American has numerous oil, gas and mineral leases. Impleaded as parties defendant are Williams, Inc. of Delaware (Williams) and the heirs of Derneville Hebert. In the trial court, the parties stipulated that...

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