Pan American Production Co. v. Robichaux

ODOM, Justice.

Plaintiff, the Pan American Production Company, is the owner of two mineral leases, one granted by E. J. Robichaux and the other by Henry Ecuer. The leases cover separate tracts of land, one owned by Robichaux and the other by Ecuer, each tract containing approximately 29 acres, the two tracts being adjacent. The plaintiff drilled wells which produced oil, and, due to a dispute between Robichaux and Ecuer as to the proper location of the dividing line between their properties, confusion arose as to whether these oil wells were drilled on the property of Robichaux or on that of…