Legal Opinion
McCoy v. United Gas Public Service Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided October 28, 1932No. 2118PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs allege that they are the lessors in an act dated Dec. 6, 1926, of some 490 acres of land in the Richland Parish gas field, upon which the defendants, as lessees, have drilled five wells producing large quantities of wet natural gas and from which they have extracted and sold thousands of dollars worth of gasoline, but have refused to pay plaintiffs their one-eighth royalty thereon. The lease is annexed to the petition and the prayer is for an accounting and judgment for whatever sum may be found to be due.
Defendants have moved to dismiss the petition on the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. ConnelleeTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
- Mussellem v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Wemple v. Producers' Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Coyle v. Louisiana Gas & Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Gilbreath v. States Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Celestine Barby and Helen Barby v. Cabot CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- In the Matter of J. Lawrence Hill, Debtor. David v. Adler v. J. Lawrence Hill and Whitney National BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERN. v. Getty Oil Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
- O'Neal v. Union Producing Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1944
- Matter of HillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993