Quality Environmental Processes, Inc. v. I.P. Petroleum Co.

| ^though I agree the conduct of the defendants, which essentially amounts to a discovery violation, did not rise to the level of an unfair trade practice within the meaning and purpose of the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act, I disagree with the majority opinion Ending the property description in the 1966 conveyance was sufficient to transfer the mineral rights at issue.

Under this Court’s well-settled jurisprudence, “a deed, in order to be translative of title to real estate, must contain such a description as to properly identify the property.” Smiling v. Adair, 196 La. 624, 640, 199…