WILLIAMSON v. ELF AQUITAINE, INC.

No. 1:93CV255-S-D.

925 F.Supp. 1163 (1996)

Ralph E. WILLIAMSON and his wife Daphine Williamson, Leslie Williamson, Judy Williamson Dunaway, Bonnie Williamson Morris, James Williamson, Ralph E. Thomas, Sammy L. Smith, S.E. Smith, Robert Sidney Dobbs, Jr., Flora R. Dobbs, Bobby G. Smith, Marion P. Smith, and Grace M. Smith, all Residents of Lowndes County, Mississippi, Plaintiffs, v. ELF AQUITAINE, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Eastern Division.

May 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Hughes, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs.

Otis Johnson, Jr., Gene D. Berry, Mark D. Morrison, Heidelberg & Woodliff, P.A., Jackson, MS, for Defendant.


OPINION

SENTER, Chief Judge.

The instant case is presently before the court upon the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment, motions to strike certain affidavits, and plaintiffs' motion for continuance of motion for summary judgment. Although there are numerous questions involved, the focal issue presented to the court is narrow: whether lessors of a mineral interest in gas are entitled to royalties stemming from the nonrecoupable cash settlement...

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