Legal Opinion
Monsanto Chemical Co. v. Southern Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 21, 1958No. 43467PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff-appellee, formerly Lion Oil Company, now merged into Monsanto Chemical Company and continuing in that name, and defendants-appellants, Southern Natural Gas Company et al., 1 as owners of oil and gas leases covering the whole of Section 31, T. 17 N., R. 5 W., Bienville Parish, which is a 640 acre unit in the Bear Creek gas field designated the N. A. Culbertson Unit No. 1, entered into agreements on December 6, 1947, and February 10, 1948, integrating their interests in this section “for the discovery and production of gas from any and all horizons,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hunter Co. v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Hardy v. Union Producing Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Everett v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Delatte v. WoodsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Southwest Natural Production Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Desormeaux v. Inexco Oil CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
- Humble Oil & Refining Company v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Southwest Gas Producing Co. v. Creslenn Oil Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Crow Drilling & Producing Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
- Brown v. Alice-Sidney Oil Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
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