Legal Opinion
Munn v. Wadley
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 1, 1939No. 35032PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL, Chief Justice.
On February 12, 1916, the Porter-Wadley Lumber Company, an Arkansas corporation, doing business in Louisiana, sold a large area of land in Louisiana to an Iowa corporation, called the German-American Investment Company. In the deed the Porter-Wadley Lumber Company made this reservation:
“The vendor, The Porter-Wadley Lumber Company, retains, reserves, holds, keeps and owns, for a term of thirty-five (35) years, all oil, gas, sulphur and mineral rights of any and every description that may exist or be found in and under the lands herein conveyed, with the right of ingress…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Salling's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Vincent v. BullockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Nabors Oil & Gas Co. v. Louisiana Oil Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- Sample v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
- Bodcaw Lumber Co. v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
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3Cited by12 opinions
- LeBleu v. LeBleuLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Porter-Wadley Lumber Co. v. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Wadley v. GleasonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Ober v. McGintyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
- Hanszen v. CockeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
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