Mississippi River Fuel Corp. v. State Mineral Board

JULIAN E. BAILES, Judge Pro Tern.

This litigation arises from a concursus proceeding instituted by Mississippi River Fuel Corporation and Callery Properties, Inc., filed on August 10, 1964 in Plaque-mines Parish. These two plaintiffs, who hold dual leases, one from the State Mineral Board and the other from the Carmadelles, are lessees of forty acres of land title to which emanated from the State of Louisiana. The defendants are the State Mineral Board and Louis Carmadelle, Jr. and Gus-tave Carmadelle.

The purpose of this litigation is to determine who are the legal owners of the royalties…