Raines v. Dunson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; J. R. Land, Judge. Separate suits by D. H. Raines and Joe Herndon against C. E. Dunson and others to annul and cancel a mineral lease or leases, and in the alternative for judgment for stipulated cash consideration named therein.
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Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; J. R. Land, Judge. Separate suits by D. H. Raines and Joe Herndon against C. E. Dunson and others to annul and cancel a mineral lease or leases, and in the alternative for judgment for stipulated cash consideration named therein. Suits consolidated, tried, and dismissed, and plaintiffs appeal, and appeals dismissed for acquiescence, and, pending the motions to dismiss before Supreme Court, R. T. Layne, alleging himself as a third party interested, attempted to intervene, and opposed dismissal of the appeals, which intervention was…
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
MONROE, C. J.
The two plaintiffs brought separate suits against defendants to annul a mineral contract, or contracts, into which they had entered, which suits, after having been consolidated and tried, were dismissed; and, plaintiffs having appealed from the judgment of dismissal, the appeal was dismissed, on the ground of acquiescence. Pending the litigation, R. T. Layne appears to have entered into contractual relations with plaintiffs, which, according to his allegations, gave him an interest in the result, and he made an attempt to intervene in the case on the…
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