STOUTE v. WAGNER & BROWN

No. CA 93 1207.

637 So.2d 1199 (1994)

Martha Miller STOUTE, James Barry Janis, Junior L. Muse, Kerry J. Vosburg, Earl Joseph Mix and all Similarly Situated Class Members v. WAGNER & BROWN, Franks Petroleum, Inc., Ennex, Ltd., Meridian Oil, Inc., Bledsoe Energy Corporation, Cairn Properties Limited Partnership, and Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Noland Thomas, Houma, Virgil A. Lacy, III, Bruce A. Cranner, Metairie, for plaintiffs.

George J. Domas, Chery Kornick, New Orleans, for Wagner & Brown and False River, Ltd.

Patrick J. Hennessy, Shreveport, for Franks Petroleum, Inc.

Raymond Hoffman, Jr., New Orleans, for Meridian Oil, Inc. and Cairn Properties Ltd. Partnership.

Michael R. Mangham, Louis R. Davis, Lafayette, for Banner Petroleum and P.D. Sams.

Lee C. Kantrow, Baton Rouge, for Olin Corp.

A.J. Gray, III, Lake Charles, for J. Hiram Moore, Ltd.

Vernon L. Terrell, Jr., New Orleans, for Kaneb Exploration, Inc.

Gerald F. Slattery, New Orleans, for Conco, Inc.

Roy C. Cheatwood, Nancy Scott Degan, New Orleans, for Amoco Production.

Before FOIL, PITCHER and PARRO, JJ.


FOIL, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court's denial of plaintiffs' motion for class certification in this mineral royalty litigation. The trial court dismissed the action, but allowed plaintiffs thirty days after the judgment in which to amend their petitions and continue the litigation as an ordinary proceeding. We affirm.

FACTS

Plaintiffs/appellants are mineral lessors and royalty owners in the Moore-Sams Field in Pointe Coupee Parish...

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