Legal Opinion

Braswell v. Columbia County Development Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 2, 1923No. 25560PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

On September 16, 1919, J. T. Haynes executed a mineral lease in favor of the Columbia County Development Company, defendant herein on the W. % of N, E. % of section 14, township 23, range 9, in Webster parish. This lease was duly recorded in said parish December 13, 1919.

On March 23, 1922, Haynes executed a top lease in favor of John M. Seip on the N. W. % of the N. W. % of this section.

On March 30, 1922, Seip sold and assigned this lease to B. S. Braswell, and on April 22, 1922, Braswell transferred to Aubry M. Py*693burn and Julius T. Long an undivided one-fourth interest in said lease on said…

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Murray v. BarnhartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  2. Baird v. Atlas Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  3. Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate v. Houssiere-Latreille Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  4. Barrataria Land Co. v. Louisiana Meadows Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Arnold v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  2. English v. BlackmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
  3. Cockburn v. O'MEARACourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
  4. Fomby v. Columbia County Development Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
  5. Port Arthur Towing Company v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1972

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