Legal Opinion
Murphy Corp. v. Fontenot
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 22, 1954No. Nos. 41368, 41369PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOISE, Justice.
The issues being identical, these two-cases were consolidated for the purposes. *383of trial. The State of Louisiana, through its Collector of Revenue, Rufus W. Fontenot, imposed severance gas gathering taxes on fugitive gas captured by the plaintiff-lessees, Murphy Corporation et al. and Natural Gas and Oil Corporation et al., from a part of the lands of Barksdale Air Force Base. Plaintiffs paid these taxes, in the amounts of $2,371.29 and $1,191.04, respectively, under protest. This suit is for a refund of the money so paid. The district court rendered judgment as prayed for by…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- James v. Dravo Contracting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Fort Leavenworth Railroad v. LoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Willcutts v. BunnSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Surplus Trading Co. v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Gillespie v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Shell Oil Co. v. SecretarySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- Mississippi River Fuel Corporation and Murphy Corporation v. Rufus W. Fontenot, Collector of Revenue, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Baasen v. BaasenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- International Business Machines Corp. v. OttSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
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