Legal Opinion
Watkins v. Gulf Refining Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 6, 1944No. 37286PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
This is an action to recover damages to the crops, buildings, farm equipment, machinery, etc., of the plaintiffs, alleged to have been caused by the “blowing out” of a well on July 20, 1941, while being drilled by the defendant in search of oil near the village of Hayes in Calcasieu Parish. Several members of the Henderson family filed a petition of intervention setting forth that they were the owners of one hundred eighty-four acres .of land, which had been leased to the plaintiffs for a rental fixed at one-sixth of the crops raised thereon, and that they were entitled to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Horrell v. Gulf & Valley Cotton Oil Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
- Green v. General Petroleum Corp.California Supreme Court · 1928
- Jones v. Shell Petroleum CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Ortego v. Nehi Bottling WorksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Dean v. Hercules IncorporatedSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Hawayek v. SimmonsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
- Rhymes v. GuidryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
- Anderson v. London Guarantee Accident Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1948
- Williams v. US Royal TiresLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
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