Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate v. Houssiere-Latreille Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District: Court, Parish of Acadia; Philip Sidney Pugh, Judge. Action by the Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate against the Houssiere-Latreille Oil Company and others. From the judgment,, both plaintiff and the above-named defendant appeal.
1Opinion
On Rehearing
PROVOSTY, J.
The bringing in of an oil gusher at Beaumont, Tex., created a great deal of excitement at all places within a radius of 100 miles where any surface indications of oil, such as gas seepage, were found. Especially was this the case at Prairie Mamou, in the neighborhood of the towns of Jennings and Crowley, La., about 90» *837miles from Beaumont, where conditions very similar to those of the celebrated Spindle Top were observed — strong seepages of gas in the proximity of a mound. On a match being applied the gas would blaze and explode. These indications were on the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Twin-Lick Oil Co. v. MarburySupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Marble Co. v. RipleySupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Waterman v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Richardson v. HardwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Bettman v. HarnessWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
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