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MINVIELLE v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 14410.

321 F.Supp. 884 (1971)

Roland H. MINVIELLE et al., v. SHELL OIL COMPANY.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette Division.

January 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Rogers, Jeanerette, La., and Watkins, Watkins & Walker, J. Louis Watkins, Jr., Houma, La., for plaintiffs.

George C. Schoenberger, Jr. and Alvin B. Gibson, New Orleans, La., and Caffery, Duhe & Davis, John M. Duhe, Jr., New Iberia, La., for defendant.

PUTNAM, District Judge.

This is an action by mineral lessors against their lessee to cancel the lease and to recover royalties allegedly wrongfully paid to the State as owner of certain water bottoms. The lessee has filed a motion for summary judgment.

UNDISPUTED FACTS

On August 31, 1948, Rita Provost Minvielle granted a mineral lease on a certain tract of land to defendant Shell Oil Company. The tract is traversed by bayous.

Plaintiffs are...

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