LYONS v. FISHER

No. 87-4842.

847 F.2d 1158 (1988)

Ida Marie Cutler LYONS, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Franklin Lee FISHER and Hunt Oil Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. Gallaugher, Jr., J. Michael Veron, Edwin K. Hunter, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

J.P. Saal, Jr., Gueydan, La., Raymond A. Beyt, Pat W. Gray, Lafayette, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, GEE, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents two questions: (1) Whether a 1968 sale of a usufruct for ten dollars and "other good and valuable consideration" was a disguised reservation of a usufruct in violation of an earlier version of Louisiana Civil Code article 1533?; and (2) Whether, under the Louisiana Civil and Mineral Codes, a nonowner's conveyance of land and reservation of a mineral servitude both became effective when the nonowner inherited the property...

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