Legal Opinion

Realty Operators, Inc. v. State Mineral Board

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 30, 1942No. 36617PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCALEB, Justice.

The plaintiff, Realty Operators, Inc., seeks an injunction against the State Mineral Board, and its members and successors, to prevent the Board from granting a mineral lease to the bed or bottom of a body of water located in Terrebonne Parish, commonly known as “Lake Hatch”.

Plaintiff claims to be the owner of the bed and bottom of Lake Hatch by virtue of five certain patents issued by the State of Louisiana to plaintiff’s authors in title and thereafter acquired by plaintiff at a sheriff’s sale in a foreclosure proceeding entitled “Realty Operators Inc. v. Mary Minor Pipes…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  2. Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. McDade v. Bossier Levee BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
  4. Siegel v. HelisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  5. State v. Sweet Lake Land & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Gulf Oil Corporation v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  2. California Co. v. PriceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
  3. Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  4. O'Brien v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  5. State v. CenacLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961

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