Clingman v. Devonian Oil Co.

The prevailing opinion in this case is in accord with the decision rendered in Le Rosen v. North Central Texas Oil Co., 169 La. 973, 974, 126 So. 442; which is the only decision heretofore rendered on the subject. That decision, however, did not establish a rule of property, and is not consistent with the decisions rendered in the two later cases, referred to in the prevailing opinion in this case, namely, Young v. Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co., 184 La. 460, 166 So. 139, and Otwell v. Vaughan, 186 La. 911, 173 So. 527. In those cases it was held that a married man did not need the authority or…