Legal Opinion
Martel v. Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 24, 1905No. 15,648PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Action by J. Sully Martel and others against the Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate. Judgment for defendant was reversed on appeal, and J. Sully Martel and others apply for a writ of mandamus for execution of the judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtPro Yo Sty, J.
This is an application for mandamus to the judge and the clerk of the lower court to execute the judgment of this court heretofore rendered in this suit (38 South. 253),1 which reads as follows:
“It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the judgment appealed from be annulled, avoided, and reversed. And it is further ordered and decreed that plaintiffs herein be recognized as the owners of an undivided one-fifth interest in the Arnaudet tract of land, containing 145 acres more or less, as described in their petition in this cause, free from all the leases therein set forth as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Martel v. Jennings-Heywood Oil SyndicateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- State ex rel. Levy v. BondySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1860
3Cited by7 opinions
- Amerada Petroleum Corporation v. ReeseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Gulf Refining Co. v. CarrollSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Gulf Refining Co. v. HayneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Howell v. KretzLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
- Ree Corporation v. ShafferLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
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