Richmond v. Zapata Development Corp.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
350 So.2d 875 (1977)
R. Randolph RICHMOND, Jr.
v.
ZAPATA DEVELOPMENT CORP.
No. 59127.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 19, 1977.
Rehearing Denied October 26, 1977.
J. Harrison Henderson, III, William J. Guste, III, Guste, Barnett & Shushan, New Orleans, for plaintiff-applicant.
Herschel L. Abbott, Jr., Edward B. Poitevent, II, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.
DENNIS, Justice.
The question presented by this case is whether the presence of drilling structures on land, as visible evidence of a mineral lease, will prevent a buyer of the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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