Gulf Refining Co. v. Hayne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Red River; W. T. Cunningham, Judge. Suit by the Gulf Refining Company of Louisiana against W. P. Hayne and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
The defendant W. P. Hayne and his mother entered into an oil and gas lease with the plaintiff company. Preparatory to beginning operations on the land the plaintiff company caused the title to be examined, and discovered that the defendant Hayne owned only one undivided third interest, and his mother none at all. It called upon Hayne to procure the signatures of his co-owners to the lease; and, he failing to do so, it brought suit against his said co-owners *343for a partition of the land, in order that his interest in it might be segregated and the rights conferred by the lease be exercised upon…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gulf Refining Co. v. HayneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Bergen v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- Compton v. MathewsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1831
- Interstate Land Co. v. DoyleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- In re BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
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- Knight v. Blackwell Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
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