SAMSON CONTOUR ENERGY E & P v. SMITH

Nos. 49,494-CA, 49,495-CA.

175 So.3d 967 (2014)

SAMSON CONTOUR ENERGY E & P, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Billy Jean SMITH, et al, Defendants-Appellees. Joe Lynn Robinson and Mark Allen Smith, Independent Co-Administrators of the Succession of Effie Smith Connell, Plaintiff-Appellees v. Samson Contour Energy E & P, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Opinion on Rehearing En Banc June 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn L. Langley , Julianna P. Parks , Shreveport, for Appellant.

Graydon K. Kitchens, Jr. , Minden, for Appellees, Gary Carl Smith, Mark Alan Smith, Individually, and Rose Marie Smith McDonald.

John C. Campbell , Minden, for Appellees, Joe Lynn Robinson, Individually, Nelda Robinson Gremillion and Peggy Robinson Brunson.

Sarah A. Kirkpatrick , David R. Taggart , Shreveport, for Appellees, Succession of Effie H. Smith Connell, Joe Lynn Robinson, Co-Administrator, and Mark Alan Smith, Co-Administrator.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS and PITMAN, JJ.


The defendant, Samson Contour Energy E & P, L.L.C., appeals a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Succession of Effie Connell. The trial court found that defendant owed the plaintiff the amount of $1,301,149.13 in royalty payments. Finding that the defendant's failure to pay was wilful and unreasonable, the trial court rendered...

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