Nunley v. Shell Oil Company

PONDER, Justice.

Writs were granted in this case limited to the question of whether or not the *351plaintiff was entitled to attorney’s fees under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 30 :102.

The plaintiff brought suit seeking the partial concellation of an oil and gas lease on the ground of non-development and for attorney’s fees. The lease in question covered 84 acres of land. Forty-four acres of this land, was included in a 640 acre drilling unit established by the Department of Conservation. The plaintiff-lessor is seeking in this suit to have the lease cancelled on the remaining forty acres of land,…