Crusel v. Brooks
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Philip S. Pugh, Judge. Action by J. Edward Crusel against R. E. Brooks. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff brought this suit to recover one-fourth of an arpent of land in the Jennings oil field, and for an accounting of amounts he alleged are due.
On Motion to Dismiss.
Defendant and appellee, R. E. Brooks, alleging that plaintiff, appellant, J. E. Crusel, acquiesced in the judgment, moved to dismiss the appeal.’
His averments in the main are that appellant Crusel, has taken possession of the property to the extent of his interest under the judgment.
The judgment decreed that plaintiff was entitled to the ownership of one-fourth of the land and to the oil it had produced, less expenses.
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