Saint v. Martel
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Action by Percy Saint against J. Sully Martel. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit brought by the plaintiff, as the assignee of J. B. Brown, to recover one-tenth of the defendant’s one-tenth interest in the Jennings oil field, and for an accounting.
Defendant excepted that plaintiff, an attorney at law, had acquired from Brown a litigious right, and that, the purchase thereof being prohibited by law, plaintiff had no standing in court. This exception was referred to the merits, and after trial on the merits was sustained by the trial judge, and the suit was dismissed. Plaintiff has. appealed.
In November, 1901, Laurent Arnaudet, Arthur Latreille, and Eugene…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McMicken v. PerinSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate v. Houssiere-Latreille Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Martel v. Jennings-Heywood Oil SyndicateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Cucullu v. HernandezSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Corkran Oil & Development Co. v. ArnaudetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
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- McClung v. Atlas Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- Saucier v. CrichtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Saint v. MartelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
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