Legal Opinion
Broussard v. Hassie Hunt Trust
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 10, 1956No. 42734PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
This is a suit to cancel an oil, gas and mineral lease executed by the landowner-plaintiffs 1 and now held by the defendant, Hassie Hunt Trust, 2 affecting a total area estimated at 922.10 acres, composed of various non-contiguous tracts of land situated in Vermilion Parish, 3 on the ground that defendant had failed to properly and prudently develop same; and this appeal is from a judgment ordering the cancellation and awarding attorney’s fees of $5,000.
The undisputed facts in the record show that the lease was granted by the plaintiffs on November 11, 1943, for a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Roberson v. Pioneer Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
- Smith v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- Bond v. Midstates Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Audubon Hotel Co. v. BraunnigSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- J. F. Auderer Laboratories, Inc. v. DeasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
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3Cited by16 opinions
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