HENDERSON v. WINDRUSH OPERATING CO., L.L.C.

No. 47,659-CA.

128 So.3d 283 (2013)

Harry Scott HENDERSON and Sherry Lou Talley Henderson, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. WINDRUSH OPERATING CO., L.L.C., Thomas S. Gaylord, Mecom Oil, L.L.C., John W. Mecom, III, and John H. Hyatt, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hargrove, Smelley, Strickland & Langley, Shreveport, by Glenn L. Langley , Julianna P. Parks , Megan L. Streetman , for Appellants, Windrush Operating Co., L.L.C., Thomas S. Gaylord, Mecom Oil, L.L.C., and John W. Mecom, III.

Liskow & Lewis, APLC, by Joe B. Norman , Kathryn M. Zainey , New Orleans, Jamie D. Rhymes , Lafayette, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., by Marie R. Yeates , for Third-Party Appellant, Petrohawk Properties, L.P.

Frank L. Maraist , Gregorio, Gregory & Payne, by Sam N. Gregorio , Julie P. Johnson , Shreveport, Joseph A. Gregorio , Bossier City, for Appellees, Harry Scott Henderson and Sherry Lou Talley Henderson.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART, CARAWAY, DREW and GARRETT, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

The defendants, Windrush Operating Company, Thomas Gaylord, Mecom Oil, and John Mecom, III, appeal a judgment ordering the rescission of an amendment of an oil and gas lease on the ground of fraud, resulting in cancellation of the lease. Concluding that the trial court was clearly wrong in finding the existence of fraud, we reverse.

FACTS

Harry Scott Henderson ("Henderson") is a former chief of the Bossier City Police Department. After...

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