HAZELWOOD FARM, INC. v. LIBERTY OIL & GAS CORP.

No. 01 0345-CA.

790 So.2d 93 (2001)

HAZELWOOD FARM, INC. v. LIBERTY OIL AND GAS CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Edward Ramey, Hargrove, Guyton, et al., Shreveport, LA, Counsel for Hilliard Petroleum, Inc.

Mark D. Sikes, Ottinger, Hebert, Sikes & Hebert, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, Counsel for International Petroleum & Exploration Royalty Corporation, International Petroleum and Exploration Operating Corp.

Michael Gregory Cordes, Hoffman, Siegel, etc., New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Meyers-Lasher, Inc.

James Paul Doherty Jr., Opelousas, LA, Counsel for Hazelwood Farm, Inc.

Stephen Craig Carleton, Simoneaux, Ryan, etc., Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Gladstone N. Jones III, Smith, Jones & Fawer, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Hazelwood Farm, Inc.

John H. Smith, McKernan Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for RPS Energy, Inc., Reliable Production Services, Inc., Liberty Oil and Gas Corporation.

Michael Gregory Stag, Sacks & Smith, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Hazelwood Farm, Inc.

David Garland, Smith, Jones & Fawer, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Hazelwood Farm, Inc.

Gerald Whitton, In Proper Person, Homer, LA, Counsel for The Whitton Company.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judges.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

On appeal, Hazelwood Farm, Inc. (Hazelwood) seeks review of a motion to strike which eliminated its ex contractu claims and its allegations of solidary liability against the Defendants from its pleadings. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

FACTS

Hazelwood, a Louisiana Corporation, owns approximately six hundred eighty-six acres of agricultural land (the Property) located in St. Landry Parish. Hazelwood acquired...

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