DORE ENERGY CORP. v. CARTER-LANGHAM, INC.

Nos. CA 04-1373, CW 04-1202, CW 04-1233, CW 05-6.

901 So.2d 1238 (2005)

DORE ENERGY CORPORATION v. CARTER-LANGHAM, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel E. Masur, Bart J. Hebert, Gordon, Alata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLP, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Carter-Langham, Inc.

Michael A. Chernekoff, Alida C. Hainkel, Jones, Walker, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Transco Exploration Co.

Harry T. Lemmon, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Dore Energy Corporation.

Gladstone N. Jones, III, Peter N. Freiberg, Jones, Verras & Frieberg, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Dore Energy Corporation.

Justin Harriss Homes, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Reed, Hammond & Mintz, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Curtis Weaver.

Chad Ellis Mudd, Mudd & Bruchhaus, Attorney at Law, Cameron, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Prospective Investment & Trading Co., Ltd. (PITCO).

Ernest L. Edwards, Jr., B. Richard Moore, Jr., Michael Donald, Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Prospective Investment & Trading Co., Ltd. (PITCO).

Patrick W. Gray, Lawrence P. Simon, Jr., Thomas M. McNamara, George Arceneaux, III, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees, Exxon Mobil Corporation Samedan Oil Corporation.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


PICKETT, Judge.

The plaintiff, Dore Energy Corporation, appeals a judgment of the district court granting the defendants' exception of prematurity and dismissing its petition without prejudice. For the following reasons, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Dore Energy owns approximately 18,000 acres of land in Cameron Parish. In 1927, Dore's predecessor as owner, Cameron Meadows Land Company, granted a mineral...

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