NORCEN EXPLORER, INC. v. KAVANAGH

No. 94-1058.

651 So.2d 473 (1995)

NORCEN EXPLORER, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JUDITH OWEN MILLER KAVANAGH, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Revels Jr., Lafayette, for Norcen Explorer, Inc.

Robert John Bruno, New Orleans, George Pivach II, Belle Chasse, for Judith Owen Miller Kavanagh et al.

William Seay Strain, Lafayette, for Sasi Minerals Co.

Gregory O. Currier, Metairie, for Mary Edna Miller Stoebner.

William Joseph Mize, Lake Charles, for Ary Lynn Currier et al.

Before LaBORDE, COOKS and WOODARD, JJ.


COOKS, Judge.

This is an appeal in a concursus proceeding instituted by Norcen Explorer, Inc. (Norcen) to determine the ownership of a portion of the proceeds from an oil and gas well it drilled and operated. Norcen's well is located on property in Cameron Parish that was the subject of a conveyance in 1979. The vendor of that property, Judith Owen Miller Kavanagh, contends she expressly reserved all mineral royalties in the Act of Credit Sale. The trial court, however...

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