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State Ex Rel. Bourgaux v. Fontenot

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 6, 1939No. 35003PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Justice.

This is a proceeding by mandamus instituted by the owners of a certain two-acre tract of land located in what is known as the Jennings Oil Field in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, to compel the Clerk of Court for that parish to cancel and erase from the conveyance records of his office the mineral reservation contained in a deed dated August 24, 1907, from William L. McFarlain to Emile J. Bourgaux, one of the relators herein and author in title of the other relators, and also certain mesne conveyances made of said reservation by the heirs of William L. McFarlain or their assignees,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Vincent v. BullockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  2. Sample v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
  3. R. E. E. De Montluzin Co. v. New Orleans & N. E. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
  4. Ford v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Snelling v. AdairSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  2. Ohio Oil Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  3. Deas v. LaneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
  4. Byrd v. ForgotsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  5. Union Sulphur Co. v. CampbellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945

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