Begovich, Gonzales and Plaisance v. Texas Company

WEST, District Judge.

^his suit was brought in 1954 by the partnership then composed of Jack Begovich, Sr., Almon Gonzales, and Frank Plaisance, against The Texas Company (now known as Texaco, Inc.) for alleged damages to oyster bedding grounds. Since the filing of the suit, Jack Begovich, Sr. died and his heirs were properly substituted as parties plaintiff. The case was tried to the Court, without the intervention of a jury, and at the commencement of the trial, the plaintiffs stipulated that there was no question of trespass involved, but that plaintiffs’ claim rested entirely on the…