Melancon v. Melancon

SAVOY, Judge.

On April 6, 1956, Pan American Production acquired an oil, gas and mineral lease executed jointly by plaintiff’s grandmother, Lucille Melancon Maus, and Cabel Joseph Melancon, Jr., covering the property involved in the instant suit. The lease contains an express warranty of title. Pan American changed its corporate name to Pan American Petroleum Corporation, the present lessee and a defendant. Pan Am drilled and completed wells in the vicinity of the subject property, and the lease was placed in production units.

Lucille Melancon Maus died in 1959. Her succession was opened in…