Legal Opinion · Dissent

Fontenot v. Sun Oil Company

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 18, 1971No. 50470Published

1DissentSummers, Justice

-[Judgment has been rendered dismissing plajntiffís rule for an accounting from three, overriding . royalty owners, Riddle, G.eddie. and Hedley. In my view the Court should... have compelled the accounting. Judgment-.had,been rendered in a predecessor, ,suit' (197, ,So.2d 71-5) decreeing a cancellation .of,.the leases to which these overriding royalties’ were an appendage. By--that suit Riddle, Geddie and Hedley as ‘overriding, royalty owners were ordered to make an accounting to the landowner lessor,--.plaintiff here. Riddle, Geddie and IJedley clid not appeal. However, their co-defendant,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Williams v. City of Baton RougeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
  2. Horn v. Skelly Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  3. Jackson v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
  4. Modisette v. HathawaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  5. Fontenot v. Sun Oil Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970

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