DELACROIX CORP. v. JONES-O'BRIEN, INC.

No. 91-CA-0851.

597 So.2d 65 (1992)

DELACROIX CORPORATION v. JONES-O'BRIEN, INC. and Martin Exploration Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied May 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Wilkinson, Jr., Wilkinson & Wilkinson, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Edward B. Poitevent, II, Carl D. Rosenblum, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for appellee.

Glenn L. Langley, Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey and Barlow, Shreveport, John F. Wadsack, The Carmouche Law Firm, Lake Charles, Jackson M. Cooley, Amoco Production Co., Houston, Tex., Richard S. Pabst, New Orleans, George Pivach, II, Anne Derbes Keller, Pivach, Cossich & Pivach, Belle Chasse, William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Gary L. Keyser, Asst. Atty. Gen., David C. Kimmel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Blake G. Arata, Steven W. Copley, Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Before KLEES, BYRNES, and JONES, JJ.


JONES, Judge.

Defendant, the State of Louisiana, together with other defendants, appeal the trial court's judgment finding that the bed and bottom of Lake Quatro Caballo was not state property. Defendant, Jones-O'Brien appeals the trial court's ruling finding it was not entitled to reimbursement for drilling and operating cost. We affirm the trial court's judgment.

On May 29, 1979, Delacroix Corporation, "Delacroix", filed an action to be recognized as the...

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