Superior Oil Co. v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

HALL, Judge.

The Superior Oil Company (“Superior”) and The Pure Oil Company (“Pure”) filed this suit on September 29, 1964, each plaintiff seeking to recover the sum of $116,-966.24 from Humble Oil & Refining Company (“Humble”) in connection with the drilling of an oil and gas well in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. The California Company, whose name was subsequently changed to California Oil Company and then to Chevron Oil Company (referred to herein as “California”), was joined as a party defendant on plaintiff’s allegation that “it has an interest in the outcome of this litigation.”

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