Southeastern Public Service Co. v. Barras

MILLER, Judge.

This is a concursus proceeding instituted by plaintiff, Southeastern Public Service Company (successors to Aluminum Company of America), as the owner-operator of certain mineral leases affecting land in St. Martin Parish. The revenues allocable to the land in dispute have been deposited in the Registry of the Court and all claimants cited to assert their respective claims thereto.

The numerous defendants can be divided into two groups, known as the “Hypolite Barras Group” and the “Charles Barras Group”. The Hypolite Barras Group claim six-sevenths (%) of the property and the…