Legal Opinion
Hodges v. Long-Bell Petroleum Company
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 29, 1960No. 44528PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
J. A. Hodges as owner of the SWJ4 of NEJ4 of Section 9, Township 6 South, Range 9 West, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, joined by his mineral lessees and certain royalty owners who derive their royalty interests under the lease, brought this suit for a declaratory judgment1 decreeing Hodges to be the owner of all the minerals in the land, subject to the leasehold right of his lessees and the mineral royalty interests of the other plaintiffs. Named as defendants are Long-Bell Petroleum Company, Inc., and its mineral lessee, Sun Oil Company. After trial on the merits there was…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Salling's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Gulf Refining Co. of Louisiana v. GlassellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Long-Bell Petroleum Co. v. TriticoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Karcher v. KarcherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Gaines v. CrichtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Texaco v. Newton & Rosa Smith Charitable TrustLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- Humble Oil & Refining Company v. BoudoinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- IP Timberlands Operating Co. v. Denmiss Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
- J. R. Butler v. Garvis I. Bazemore, C. T. Ruffin and Goodwyn H. Harris, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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