RICELAND PETROLEUM CO. v. N. AMER LAND CO.

No. CA 03-241.

869 So.2d 894 (2004)

RICELAND PETROLEUM COMPANY v. NORTH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY, INC., Stream Family Limited Partnership, et als., and the State Mineral Board of the State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Shaddock, William Boyce Monk, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant-Appellant, State Mineral Board of the State of Louisiana.

A.J. Gray, III, Lake Charles, LA, Randall Charles Songy, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, North American Land Co., Inc. and Matilda Gray Stream.

John M. McCollam, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Riceland Petroleum Company.

Court composed of BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, and JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judges and ARTHUR J. PLANCHARD, Judge Pro Tempore.


PLANCHARD, Judge.

This matter came before the district court as a concursus filed by Riceland Petroleum Company to determine the ownership of royalties owed under mineral leases affecting land within two conservation units. The ownership of that land is disputed. Under Louisiana law title to property can be decided in a concursus proceeding. The contest in this case is between a group of private parties and the State of Louisiana. The private parties are the North...

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