TENNECO OIL CO. v. HINES

No. 19855-CA.

535 So.2d 855 (1988)

TENNECO OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hannah White HINES, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writs Denied December 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Kennedy, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee Tenneco Oil Co.

James R. Madison, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant Robert White.

James A. Van Hook, Shreveport, for defendants-appellants Frank James Ruffins, et al.

Sam N. Gregorio, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant, The Succession of Hannah White Hines, et al.

W.T. Pegues, Mansfield, for defendant-appellee, Roy Wesley, et al.

D. Scott Brown, Mansfield, for defendant-appellee, Andrew White.

David A. Rothell, Mansfield, for defendant-appellee, The Unopened Succession and Unknown Heirs of Boyd White.

Jack R. Gamble, Jr., Mansfield, for defendant-appellee, Mary Ethel Hodges.

Joseph D. Toups, Jr., Mansfield, for defendant-appellee, The Unopened Succession and Unknown Heirs of Willie White.

Steven R. Thomas, Mansfield, for defendant-appellee, The Unopened Succession and Unknown Heirs of Louis White.

Steven L. Porter, Mansfield, for defendant-appellee Mary Ella George, et al.

Leslie B. Bagley, Mansfield, in pro. per.

Richard Evans, Leesville, in pro. per., representing Kisatchie Investors.

J. Marshall Jones, Jr., Shreveport, for intervenor-appellee, Lake Petroleum, Inc., et al.

James E. Calhoun, Mansfield, for defendant-appellee, The Heirs of Jake White.

I. Henry Smith, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee, Dianne White McLauria.

Herman L. Lawson, Mansfield, for defendant-appellee, The Unopened Succession and Unknown Heirs of Sisto White.

Before JASPER E. JONES, FRED W. JONES, Jr., and NORRIS, JJ.


JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

This is a concursus proceeding to determine the owners of mineral royalties for production from an eighty acre tract of land in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. The concursus was commenced on September 1, 1977, by Tenneco Oil Company. The matter was tried in July, 1987, after voluminous filings by the parties. The trial judge rendered judgment recognizing the descendants of the brothers and sisters of the original owner of the property and their assignees...

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