Gueno v. Medlenka
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
This is a suit for a declaratory judgment. Plaintiffs, Leonie Medlenka Gueno, Albert J. Gueno, Jr. and Donald J. Gueno, and their mineral lessee, Charles B. Wrights-man, seek a declaration that Leon Medlenka, who owns a usufruct on part of their land, has no right or interest in the oil, gas or other minerals thereunder and, therefore, was without authority to grant a mineral lease to the other defendant, Bryant A. Fehlman.
The land in question, some 600 acres situated in Acadia Parish, was owned by Mrs. Leonie Greneaux Medlenka prior to her death on February 3, 1949. In her…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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