Legal Opinion

Pure Oil Operating Co. v. Gulf Refining Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 1, 1918No. 20885PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of De Soto; John I-I. Boone, Judge. Suit by the Pure Oil Operating- Company against the Gulf Refining Company of Louisiana and others. From judgment for plaintiff perpetuating injunction, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.

The plaintiff company alleges that it holds a mineral lease upon certain lands, fully described, with right of ingress and egress for exploitation for oil and gas; that after its lessors had made said lease they made a similar lease to the defendant company; that this company “is trying to interfere with the peaceful possession of your petitioner of th'e land leased,” to which and on which said company has no rights; that said conduct of said company “has worked and will continue to work an irreparable injury to your petitioner”; and that an injunction “is necessary to protect petitioner’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. New Orleans & North Eastern Railroad v. Mississippi, Terre-aux Bœufs & Lake RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
  2. State ex rel. Raymond v. Judge of Civil District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co. v. Parker Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
  2. Hortman-Salmen Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
  3. Baker v. PotterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  4. Police Jury of St. Martin Parish v. KidderLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1925
  5. Wilder v. NormanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920

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