Legal Opinion
Pearce v. Southern Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 24, 1952No. 39980PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOISE, Justice.
Plaintiff seeks the cancellation and annulment of a certain oil, gas and mineral lease insofar as it covers his 60-acre tract of land in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, on the ground that defendant failed to make proper timely payment of the delay rentals. There was judgment in plaintiff’s favor in the district court, cancelling the lease and awarding attorney’s fees of $350, and defendant has appealed.
Plaintiff’s land is described as follows: WV2 of NE14 of SW% and East % or East 40 acres of the combined 60 acre tract described as NW^ of SW¡4 and that part of SWJ4 of SW14 lying…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Brandt v. Roxana Petroleum Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1929
- Gulf Refining Co. v. ShatfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
- Standard Oil Co. of La. v. Craig, Admx.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
- Humphrey v. FlanaganCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
3Cited by5 opinions
- Pierce v. Atlantic Refining CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Hibbert v. MuddSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Lapeze v. Amoco Production Co.District Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1987
- Alice Shilling Lapeze, and Hiram Shilling, Intervenor-Appellant v. Amoco Production Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Garelick v. Southwest Gas Producing CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961