Legal Opinion
California Co. v. Price
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 31, 1954No. 41130PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
The California Company, a corporation organized in the State of California and qualified to do business in Louisiana, instituted this concursus proceeding to determine the ownership of funds representing accumulated oil royalties from eight producing wells drilled in the bed of Grand Bay in Plaquemines Parish and located in Sections 17, 19, 20 and 22, Township 19 South, Range 18 East.
Grand Bay is a body of salt water, navigable in 1812 and also presently, lying east of the Mississippi River at or near the southern extremity of Breton Sound and connecting with the Gulf of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- Labarre v. RateauSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- State v. Bayou Johnson Oyster Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- State v. Sweet Lake Land & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corporation v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- California Company v. PriceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- D'Albora v. GarciaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- State v. CenacLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
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