Hayes v. Muller

ON REHEARING

HAMITER, Justice.

A rehearing was granted in this case :so that we might reconsider our holding (on an exception of no cause of action) that the plaintiffs had stated a cause of action in their demand for the recovery ■of profits derived from the purchase and .sale of a certain oil and gas lease.

The facts, as set forth in the opinion of the Court of Appeal (146 So.2d 176, 195) when certifying the legal questions involved, are as follows: “Under the allegations of the petition of plaintiffs Hayes and Knox, they and the defendant Muller entered into an oral agreement of joint…