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EDWARDS v. JEEMS BAYOU PRODUCTION CO.

No. 18691-CA.

507 So.2d 11 (1987)

Charles Don EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEEMS BAYOU PRODUCTION COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plummer, Means & Burgess by Robert E. Plummer, Mansfield, for defendant-appellant.

Jack R. Gamble, Jr., Mansfield, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HALL, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.

HALL, Chief Judge.

This is a suit for surface damages brought by a landowner against a mineral lessee who drilled a gas well, presently shut-in, on plaintiff's property. The trial judge awarded a total of $4,375.00 ($1,200.00 for loss of hay, $35.00 for repair to fence, $140.00 for loss of oak tree, and $3,000.00 for damage to land). Defendant appealed. We amend and affirm.

The owner of land burdened by a mineral right and the owner of a mineral right must...

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