LAMSON PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. HALLWOOD PETROLEUM INC.

No. 01-1201.

814 So.2d 596 (2002)

LAMSON PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. HALLWOOD PETROLEUM INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Grant, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendants, Johnny Jefcoat and Mildred Jefcoat.

Mark H. Tompkins, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendants, Union Oil Company of California, Petrocorp Incorporated and Triton Oil & Gas Corp, Johnny Jefcoat and Mildred Jefcoat.

Ewell E. Eagan, Jr., Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendants, Union Oil Company of California, Petrocorp Incorporated and Triton Oil & Gas Corp.

Robin D. McGuire, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, LLP; Arthur D. Mouton, Wm D. Mouton Law Offices, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff, Lamson Petroleum Corp., Whitley A. Albarado, Dorothy Albarado Laughlin, Aline Simon, Albarado (Lamson Lessors).

Court composed of Chief Judge NED E. DOUCET, JR., BILLIE C. WOODARD, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


PICKETT, Judge.

FACTS

This case is one of many arising from ownership disputes of certain roadbeds in the Scott Field area of Lafayette Parish.

In 1989, Hallwood Petroleum, Inc., (Hallwood) began searching for oil in the Scott Field. This search was quite successful and Hallwood began to produce oil. Lamson Petroleum (Lamson) researched the public records and found that certain roadbeds in the area covered by Hallwood's lease could be construed as...

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