STERLING TIMBER ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
v.
UNION GAS OPERATING COMPANY, et al.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 2, 2016.
Rehearing Denied December 28, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael W. Mengis , Joshua C. Thomas , Baker & Hostetler, LLP, 811 Main Street, Suite 1100, Houston, TX 77002, (713) 646-1330, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Union Gas Operating Company.
Michael B. Holmes , Hebert, Holmes & Bertrand, P. O. Drawer 790, Kinder, LA 70648-0790, (337) 738-2568, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: O'Neal Stuart Investments, LLC, Barbara L. O'Neal.
Al J. Robert, Jr. , Law Office of Al J. Robert, Jr., L.L.C., 757 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 301, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 309-4852, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT: Sterling Timber Associates, L.L.C.
Michael J. Williamson , Plauche, Smith & Nieset, P. O. Drawer 1705, Lake Charles, LA 70602, (337) 436-0522, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Jeffrey H. Darbonne.
David Jefferson Dye , David Jefferson Dye, L.L.C., 1204 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115, (504) 891-4306, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT: Sterling Timber Associates, L.L.C.
Michael S. Heier , Assistant Attorney General, P. O. Box 94005, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005, (225) 326-6085, COUNSEL FOR OTHER APPELLEE: State of Louisiana.
Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, John D. Saunders, and Shannon J. Gremillion, Judges.
SAUNDERS, JUDGE.
This is a mineral rights case stemming from whether La. R.S. 31:76 or La. R.S. 31:77 should apply in determining ownership rights to minerals when property is sold while it is subject to a mineral servitude in favor of a third party. Here, the seller of the property reserved mineral rights it did not own at the time of the sale...
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