Saunders v. Howell Petroleum Corp.

JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

This is a suit to recover from the unit operator the value of minerals produced from unleased land within the Moorings-port Unit of the Sentell Field located in Caddo and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana. The plaintiff is H.W. Saunders, II. The defendants are Howell Petroleum Corporation (Howell) and Carlson Petroleum (Carlson). Plaintiff appeals contending the trial court erred in granting Carlson’s motion for partial summary judgment which rejected plaintiffs claim for all production from the property until the date plaintiff acquired title to the property. We reverse.

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