Legal Opinion
Smith v. Dixie Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 12, 1924No. 26371PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By the WHOLE COURT.
ROGERS, J.
Under a mineral lease from the state of Louisiana defendant drilled an oil well in the bed of Black bayou in sec. 13, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., Caddo parish.
The well was brought in as a producer, and thereafter plaintiff filed this suit, alleging that he was in actual possession, as owner, of Sec. 12, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., Caddo parish, and that he was the holder of a mineral lease covering a tract of land in the northeast quarter of section 13, same township and range; alleging that there runs through the lands in sections 12 and 13 “a shallow and nonnavigable stream…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pollard's Lessee v. HAGANSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- The MontelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Coyle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Scott v. LattigSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company v. St. Paul Water Commissioners; Minneapolis Mill Company v. SameSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Boone v. KingsburyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
- State v. Jefferson Island Salt Mining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- State v. Sweet Lake Land & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Ramsey River Road Property Owners Ass'n v. ReevesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- Esso Standard Oil Company v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
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