SHANKS v. EXXON CORP.

No. 95 CA 2164.

674 So.2d 473 (1996)

Myrtie J. SHANKS, et al., v. EXXON CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack C. Caldwell, Lafayette, and Rudolph Estess, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs/appellants, Myrtie J. Shanks, James R. Peabody, F.S. Ambrose and Haney E. Ambrose, Jr.

John M. King, New Orleans, for defendant/appellee, TXP Operating Company.

Lee Daniel Thomas, Metairie, and John A. Gordon, New Orleans, for defendants, Edna Mae Assel Carden and C.T. Carden.

Robert McNeal, New Orleans, for defendant, Exxon Corporation.

Before LeBLANC, WHIPPLE and FOGG, JJ.


WHIPPLE, Judge.

This case is before us on appeal from a judgment of the trial court which dismissed, with prejudice, plaintiffs' claims against TXP Operating Company ("TXP") for a declaration that TXP was liable for well costs incurred prior to the release by TXP of mineral leases affecting plaintiffs' land and for a monetary judgment for the amount of well costs paid by plaintiffs out of unit production. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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