Legal Opinion
Anse La Butte (Le Danois) Oil & Mineral Co. v. Babb
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 16, 1908No. 15,369PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Martin; T. Don Foster, Judge. Suit by the Anse La Butte (Le Danois) Oil & Mineral Company, Limited, against Alfred Babb for specific performance. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff sues for specific performance of the following contract, of which it claims to be the assignee:
*419■“Between the undersigned, Alfred Babb of the parish of St. Martin on the one part, and Paul Le Danois of the parish of Vermilion, on the other part, it has been covenanted and determined that which follows:
“Alfred Babb gives to Paul Le Danois the exclusive right to drill with the view of finding commercial substances of whatever nature on his land, situated in the parish of St. Martin, containing approximately sixty arpents: bounded north by Antoine Patin, south and west by Ambroise…
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