Neomar Resources Inc. v. Amerada Hess Corp.

JaSHORTESS, Judge.

Neomar Resources, Inc. (plaintiff) sued Amerada Hess Corporation (Hess) and Amoco Production Company (Amoco) (collectively, defendants) for breach of contract.1 Defendants filed peremptory exceptions of no cause and no right of action. At the initial hearing on the exceptions, the trial court granted the exception of no cause of action but gave plaintiff forty-five days to amend its petition. The court did not rule on the exception of no right of action at that hearing, stating:

And I am not going to do anything with the no right of action until I have finally disposed of the…