Labbe v. Magnolia Petroleum Company

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Eugene E. Labbe and a number of other plaintiffs, against Magnolia Petroleum Company, Union Producing Company, and a number of other defendants, seeking to have an oil and gas lease on plaintiffs’ land declared void or terminated, and seeking damages-in several separate and connected causes of action. The plaintiffs and defendants Magnolia Petroleum Company, Mobil Oil Company, Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., and Union Producing Company filed motions for summary judgment. Six other defendants filed disclaimers and were dismissed from the suit.…