Crusel v. Brooks
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Wm. Campbell, Judge. Action by J. Edward Crusel against R. E. Brooks. A judgment for plaintiff was modified, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss the Appeal.
PRO YO STY, J.
Plaintiff and defendant agreed to buy and operate jointly a certain acre of oil-producing land, the interest of plaintiff to be one-fourth and that of defendant three-fourths in the property and its proceeds, each to contribute in the same proportion towards the payment of the price. The title was placed temporarily in the name of defendant, and the management was left in his hands. Plaintiff brought the present suit to be recognized as owner of one-fourth of the land, and for an accounting, and also to recover from defendant for 50,000 barrels of…
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