Rowe v. Atlas Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; R. D. Webb, Judge. Suit'by W. H. Rowe against the Atlas Oil Company and others, begun as an action for slander of title and converted into an action against the Consolidated Progressive Oil Corporation and another, to declare null ab initio, or in the alternative to declare forfeited an instrument purporting to be an oil and gas lease. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This suit was commenced against the Atlas Oil Company, said to be represented by N. C. McGowen, and against the Consolidated Progressive Oil Corporation, as an action for slander of title. Learning that the mineral rights alleged to have been claimed by the Atlas Oil Company were claimed by N. C. McGowen individually, and that the Atlas Oil Company did not claim any interest in the property, plaintiff, by supplemental petition, made McGowen a party defendant. Thereafter, by another supplemental xietition, plaintiff converted the suit into an action to declare null ab initio, or, in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate v. Houssiere-Latreille Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Pure Oil Operating Co. v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- Escoubas v. Louisiana Petroleum & Coal Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
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