Union Sulphur Co. v. Lognion

The plaintiff company brought in a producing oil well on a tract of land in Jefferson Davis Parish on October 5, 1944. As there were rival claimants to part of the royalty interests in the production, the company filed a concursus proceeding against these rival claimants and deposited in court the amount of these disputed royalty claims. There is no dispute as to the right of the plaintiff company to produce oil from the land.

The real controversy is between defendant Philibert Lognion on the one side, and defendants Fred S. Weber and the widow and heirs of Victor Weisse on the other side,…