Southern Natural Gas Co. v. Mound Co.

FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.

The parties to this litigation are the Southern Natural Gas Company of Birmingham, Alabama, the California Oil Company of San Francisco, California and the Pan American Petroleum Corporation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, as parties plaintiff, and the Mound Company of Houston, Texas, as defendant.

Plaintiffs allege that they are the owners of certain oil, gas and mineral leases affecting property situated in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, and that by Order Number 274-A, dated March 22, 1956, the Commissioner of Conservation for the State of Louisiana issued special rules and…