Acadian Production Corp. v. Land

LEE, Circuit Judge.

John R. Land, Jr., an attorney at law, filed an action in the court below for appointment of a receiver for a certain oil, gas, and mineral lease covering property situated in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, and for adjudication as owner of an undivided interest in the lease by virtue of two contracts for professional services entered into with Acadian Production Corporation of Louisiana. The District Court in a summary judgment denied an appointment of a receiver but decreed that Land was the. owner of. an undivided interest in the lease. Upon the first appeal to this Court,…