LEWIS v. SOHIO PETROLEUM CO.

No. 87-631.

528 So.2d 1084 (1988)

Dolores Hackett LEWIS, et al, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOHIO PETROLEUM CO. and Sun Exploration & Production Co., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmouche, Gray & Hoffman, Van M. Davidson, Jr./Anna Gray, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Broadhurst, Brook, Mangham & Hardy, (Stephen D. Baker) Lafayette, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson (Frank S. Craig, III,) Baton Rouge, Scofield, Bergstedt, Gerard, Mount & Vernon, P.C., (John R. Pohorelsky), Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before FORET, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

This case involves a suit brought by the heirs of Benjamin Rutherford (Rutherford), regarding the alleged breach of two servitude agreements granted by Rutherford to Sohio Petroleum Company (Sohio) and Sun Exploration & Production Company in 1950.

Plaintiffs, as owners of an undivided 15/16th interest in property located on Hog Bayou in southern Cameron Parish, Louisiana, filed suit against Sohio in August of 1985.1

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