Sun Oil Co. v. Smith

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This is a concursus proceeding instituted by the Sun Oil Company under the provisions of Act No. 123 of 1922. Pursuant to an order of court, the oil company deposited in the registry of the district court the proceeds from the purchase price of a one-eighth royalty of the oil produced from wells located on the NWJ4 of the NE%, the m/2 of the NW%, and the SW% of the NW^, Section 5, Township 16 North, Range 8 East, and cited numerous claimants to appear and assert their respective interests and rights thereto, as well as to all future deposits' made pursuant to such order.…