AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY
v.
William Shewen SLAUGHTER, IV, et al. (Two Cases).
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 24, 1986.
Writs Denied October 3, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James A. Barton, Dona J. Dew, New Orleans, for plaintiff-third appellant Amoco Production Co.
Ashton L. Stewart, and Lehman Preis, Baton Rouge, for defendants-first appellants Vivian Stevenson Yancy, Anna Stevenson Yancy, Alex Anderson, Mildred Anderson Hurlock, Mavis Rose Anderson Miller, Wanda Anderson Leblanc, Stanley Anderson, Jr., Kevin A. Anderson, Dawn Anderson, Budrick Stevenson, Charles Dewitt Stevenson, Delores Stevenson Theus, Annie Robins Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Enola Louise Stevenson, Clarence Stevenson, David Stevenson, Aldero Stevenson, Lillian Markey Stevenson, Verla Stevenson Jackson, Percy Felix Jackson, Percy Felix Jackson, Jr., Lizzie Jackson Emery, Johnnie B. Jackson Whitmore, Marian Adean Goff Davis, Roy Edard Goff, Jr., Ollie Goff Phelgm, Jessica Goff Jones, Marie Thompson, Mable Westherspoon Ester, Mary George Jackson, Henry W. Jackson, Nola Mae Jackson Moses, Willie Morris Jackson, Mary Goff Hayes, Areese Ester Gray, Emma Leon Goff Nicholson, Gloria Goff Powell, Myrtle Williams, Armena Rivers McMillen, Simmie George Watts.
Curtis Stafford, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants-second appellants Marie M. Bickham, Testamentary Executrix of the Succession of Talmadge D. Bickham, Jr.
Charles St. Dizier, William Strain, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Dr. William Shewen Slaughter, IV, Dorothy S. Foote, Gilbert Mills Slaughter, Mansel S. Slaughter, Katherine D. Harris, John W. Day, Robert Day, William Spencer Day, Jr., Martha Thompson Ball, Dr. William S. Ball, Jr., Martha Sarah Ball, Elizabeth McIlwaine Preston Kraft, Frances Rhea Preston Mills, James Rhea Preston, David Vaughn Black, Maragaret Black Armstrong, Annie Mill Black Elliot, Mary Anne Black Sander, Harriet W. Black, Jean Fleming Chamblee, Thomas Raymond Fleming, Jr., Mary Campbell McMinn, Elizabeth Campbell Abel, M.P. Topousis, Crutcher-Tufts Corp., Albert B. Crutcher, Jr., J.D. Tufts, II, Robert A. Davis.
A.J. Lord, Zachary, for defendant-appellee Henry Matthews.
W. Steven Mannear, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Edgar W. Walker, Gayle B. Davis.
C. Alvin Tyler, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Helen M. Smith.
Leuann Kester Greco, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Porter Scott.
James R. Lewis, and Patrick G. Tracy, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee Robert Day.
Christopher F. Carroll, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees Joyce Marie Golf Anderson, Janice Veranda Goff, Matthew W. Goff, Jr.
Robert Hawthorne, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-fifth appellant Pauline Stevenson.
John Dale Powers, Baton Rouge, for defendants-fourth appellants David Stewart, Dennis Stewart.
Before EDWARDS, LANIER and JOHN S. COVINGTON, JJ.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
JOHN S. COVINGTON, Judge.
These two suits arose out of petitions in concursus and for declaratory judgment filed by plaintiff, Amoco Production Company (Amoco), to resolve title conflicts among the defendants to certain tracts of land underlying a portion of a now abandoned railroad right of way in East Baton Rouge Parish. The district court ordered the suits consolidated because they involved many of the same defendants and the same legal issue, i.e., whether the...
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