Legal Opinion
Emerson v. Shirley
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 21, 1937No. 34276PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment dismissing his suit on an exception of no cause or right of action. He is suing to annul a sale of a royalty interest in an oil and gas lease. The sale was made by him to J. B. Shirley who is one of the two defendants in this suit, on the 22nd day of September, 1936, for $500 cash. Shirley transferred the title to Charles O. Noble, the other defendant in this suit, two days afterwards, that is, on the 24th day of September, 1936, by a deed in which the price was said to be $50 cash. The plaintiff charges that, in reality, the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Long v. ChailanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Heirs of Burney v. LudelingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- Hyde v. CraddickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1845
- Hauge v. ByeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1924
- Edward E. Stockmeyer & Co. v. WeidnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Walston A. Lynn v. J. W. CarawayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Frazell v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1963
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