Legal Opinion
Billeaud Planters, Inc. v. Union Oil Company of California
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1957No. 16433PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, Billeaud Planters, Inc. and others 1 who were joint owners of seven-eighths of the mineral rights in and under a 320-acre tract of land in Tigre Lagoon Field, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, brought suit in the district court against their mineral lessee, Union Oil Company of California, to recover damages for drainage of gas from the “C” sand underlying their land, which was allegedly sustained between December, 1950, and February, 1954, as a result of Union’s operations on adjoining tracts of land on which it also owned mineral leases. A trial was had by the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Salling's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Higgins Oil & Fuel Co. v. Guaranty Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- McCoy v. Arkansas Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Godchaux v. HydeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- P. Olivier & Sons, Inc. v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Amoco Production Co. v. AlexanderTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Breaux v. Pan American Petroleum CorporationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- Meredith v. Louisiana Federation of TeachersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Pierce v. Atlantic Refining CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Williams v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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