Legal Opinion
Martel v. Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 4, 1905No. 15,305PublishedCited by 29 opinions
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Conrad De Baillon, Judge. Action by J. Sully Martel and others against the Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Laurent Arnaudet and Jules Clement each owned tracts of land near Jennings, La., having a combined area of ’442 acres.
On April 6,1901, Arnaudet and Clement entered into an agreement with one Dr. A. C. Wilkins, by which they leased and let unto said Wilkins, for the full period of 99 years from the date of the contract, the following described real estate, to wit:
“The north one-fourth of sec. 47, known as the Anthony Coekran claim; and the fractional section 46; also section 49, township 9 S., range 2 West, La. Merd., containing 442 acres, more or less.”
The consideration was the sum of one…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Federal Oil Co. v. Western Oil Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1902
- Corkran Oil & Development Co. v. ArnaudetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
3Cited by29 opinions
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- Huckabay v. Texas CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
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