Legal Opinion

Peltier v. Begovich

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 15, 1960No. 43936PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VIOSCA, Justice.

The controversy in this case is well stated by the able trial judge in his written reasons for judgment, as follows:

“This is a proceeding in the nature of a concursus. Petitioner, Harvey Pel-tier, represented a number of individual oyster men as their attorney in certain claims which the oyster men urged against a number of oil companies, alleging damages by the oil companies to oyster beds owned and operated by his clients. Suits were filed in the District Courts of the State of Louisiana and were thereafter removed by the oil companies to the United States District Court for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Sanders v. SandersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  2. Lloveras v. ReichertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  3. Cunningham v. Penn Mut. Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  4. Probst v. Di GiovanniSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
  5. Hartsfield v. GreenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Succession of HollierLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
  2. Dunham v. DunhamLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
  3. Downs v. DownsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
  4. Smith v. HuckabyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962

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