McFarlain v. Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Philip Sidney Pugh, Judge. Action by William L. McFarlain against the Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff and defendant named appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit against nine corporations and three partnerships, all operators in the Jennings Oil Field, to recover of them in solido damages in the sum of $30,-050. There was judgment against the Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate for $1,000 with interest and costs, from which it appealed, and judgment in favor of the other defendants rejecting plaintiff’s demand as against them. The plaintiff also has appealed from the judgment as an entirety. So thé whole case is before us.
Plaintiff for a number of years has owned a farm of 167 acres, consisting of arable and 'swamp land, contiguous to and…
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