Legal Opinion
McHugh v. Placid Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 26, 1944No. Nos. 37300, 37301PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
These are two proceedings in which the State Commissioner of Conservation seeks to obtain separate judgments against the defendants in the sums of $302,000 and $79,000, respectively, as penalties for alleged willful and intentional violations of the provisions of Section 17 of Act 157 of 1940 between the dates of December 1, 1941, and June 1, 1942, in producing oil from wells drilled by them in the Parish of LaSalle and delivering and' transporting quantities of it in excess of the allowables fixed for those wells by orders of the Commissioner of Conservation. The petitioner…
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