QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL v. I.P. PETROLEUM

Nos. 2013-C-1582, 2013-C-1588, 2013-C-1703.

144 So.3d 1011 (2014)

QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, INC., Michael X. St. Martin and Virginia Rayne St. Martin v. I.P. PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., International Paper Company, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, L.L.P., and John Y. Pearce.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Lemmon , New Orleans, LA, Saint Martin & Bourque, Michael X. St. Martin , Christopher John St. Martin , Houma, LA, The Gray Firm, APLC, A.J. Gray, III , Lake Charles, LA, for Applicant (No. 2013-C-1582).

Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, Brent Bennett Barriere , Mayhall & Blaize, LLC, Jamie Scott Manuel , Montgomery Barnett, LLP, John Y. Pearce , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Harry Alston Johnson, III , New Orleans, LA, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP, William Shelby McKenzie , Amy Collier Lambert , Shreveport, LA, for Respondent (No. 2013-C-1582).

Montgomery Barnett, LLP, John Y. Pearce , New Orleans, LA, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP, William Shelby McKenzie , Amy Collier Lambert , Baton Rouge, LA, for Applicant (No. 2013-1588).

Harry T. Lemmon , Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, Brent Bennett Barriere , Mayhall & Blaize, LLC, Jamie Scott Manuel , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Hairy Alston Johnston, III , New Orleans, LA, Saint Martin & Bourque, Michael X. St. Martin , Christopher John St. Martin , Houma, LA, The Gray Firm, APLC, A.J. Gray, III , Lake Charles, LA, for Respondent (No. 2013-C-1588).

Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, Brent Bennett Barriere , Mayhall & Blaize, LLC, Jamie Scott Manuel , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Harry Alston Johnson, III , New Orleans, LA, for Applicant (No. 2013-C-1703).

Harry T. Lemmon , New Orleans, LA, Saint Martin & Bourque, Michael X. St. Martin , Christopher John St. Martin , Houma, LA, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP, William Shelby McKenzie , Amy Collier Lambert , Baton Rouge, LA, The Gray Firm, APLC, A.J. Gray, III , Lake Charles, LA, for Respondent (No. 2013-C-1703).


GUIDRY, Justice.*

This case involves mineral rights and royalties associated with a production well located on a certain tract of land owned by the plaintiffs in Terrebonne Parish. Two conveyances are of importance to the resolution of this case: a 1966 mineral deed and a 1992 cash sale. The plaintiffs asserted the 1966 mineral deed did not create a valid mineral servitude and, consequently, sought to be declared as owning 100% of the...

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