Legal Opinion
Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. State Mineral Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 12, 1953No. 40964PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
This controversy involves the ownership of the bed of Duck Lake which is located in the Atchafalaya Basin of the Parish of St. Martin, specifically within the confines of Section 36, T. 14 S., R. 11 E. The Section was among those certified by the State of Louisiana to the United States as swamp and overflow land and was approved by the United States to the State under the Swamp Land Grant Act, 43 U.S.C.A. §§ 981-987, on May 6th 1852. After accepting Section 36 from the United States, the State granted together with other lands, the NW^4, SW% of the NE14 and the S% thereof to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- State v. Sweet Lake Land & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Realty Operators, Inc. v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- O'Brien v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- State v. Board of Com'rs of Caddo Levee Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corporation v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- California Co. v. PriceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- State v. CenacLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Fred Kuchenig v. The California CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Stevens v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
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