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1. | Negotiorum gestio did not provide way for unit operator to be reimbursed for post-production costs. James Self v. BPX Operating Company, 2023-CQ-01242 (La. 06/28/2024) [30 pp.] From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 7
Plaintiffs filed suit as purported representatives of a putative class of plaintiffs who own
unleased mineral interests in Louisiana situated within ... view full summary |
2. | In dispute over ownership of French Quarter lot, defendant acquired ownership through 10-year acquisitive prescription. 1026 Conti Holding, LLC v. 1025 Bienville, LLC, 2022-C-01288 (La. 03/17/2023) [30 pp.] From LSCR Volume 31, Issue 3
At issue here was the ownership of "lot AA," a small parcel of land located in the center of a
block in the French Quarter. It was bounded on two sides by an al... view full summary |
3. | Court reinstates default judgment in action to quiet title after tax sale. NAR Solutions, Inc. v. Bryan K. Kuhn, 2022-C-00425 (La. 12/09/2022) [6 pp.] From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 12
Siblings Tracey, Deborah, Henry, and Bryan Kuhn inherited immoveable property on the
death of their parents. In 2009 Bryan acquired Tracey's 25% interest in ... view full summary |
4. | State could not rely on equity as defense to inverse condemnation claim. Daniel Saloom v. State of Louisiana, 2022-CC-00596 (La. 12/09/2022) [13 pp.] From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 12
The property at issue was part of an 80-acre tract purchased by Clarence Saloom in 1953
during his marriage to Pauline Womac Saloom. Pauline died in 1973, and plaintiff... view full summary |
5. | Court reinstates district court judgment in partition suit among six siblings. Michael Bergeron v. Mary Beth Anderson, 2022-C-00150 (La. 04/05/2022) [2 pp.] From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 4
This is a dispute among six siblings who were owners in indivision of immoveable property
in Pointe Coupee Parish. Three of the co-owners sued the remaining ... view full summary |
6. | Lifetime usufruct was not extinguished by 10-year prescription of nonuse. In re Succession of the Estate of Robert Charles Johnson, 2020-C-00815 (La. 12/10/2021) [18 pp.] From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 12
Robert Johnson and Beverly Edwin were married for 22 years and had 3 children together.
During their marriage Johnson executed and recorded an ... view full summary |
7. | Summary judgment not warranted as to whether subdivision restrictions had been abandoned. Charles A. Rivault v. America Homeland, LLC, 2021-C-00708 (La. 10/12/2021) [2 pp.] From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 10
Defendant purchased six lots in Baton Rouge's Audubon Terrace Subdivision from James and
Catherine Olinde. The Olindes had previously engaged in litigation regarding th... view full summary |
8. | Person named on act of sale was equal co-owner of property although he did not contribute to purchase price. Fairbanks Development v. Charles Woodrow Johnson, 2020-C-01031 (La. 09/30/2021) [28 pp.] From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 9
Jessica Petersen and Charles Johnson met as teenagers and eventually started living together
while Peterson attended college. Although Johnson worked as a mechanic, the... view full summary |
9. | Issue of fact precluded summary judgment in tax sale dispute. Crescent City Property Redevelopment Association, LLC v. Carmen Muniz, 2020-CA-0421 (La. 06/01/2021) [4 pp.] From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
In 2002 plaintiff purchased the property at 3028-30 Bienville Street in New Orleans at a tax
sale for unpaid ad valorem taxes for the years 1997-2001. In 200... view full summary |
10. | Louisiana Constitution supported award of attorney's fees to property owners in expropriation case. Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. 38.00 Acres, 2020-C-01017 (La. 05/13/2021) [17 pp.] From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 5
In connection with the construction of the pipeline bearing its name, Bayou Bridge Pipeline,
LLC (BBP) sought to acquire servitudes from various property owner... view full summary |
11. | Court finds donated property was separate property, reinstates denial of petition to annul donation. In re Interdiction of Eunice Lirette Gambino, 2021-C-00267 (La. 04/20/2021) [4 pp.] From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 4
Calvin Gambino, Sr., and Eunice L. Gambino were married in 1952 and had ten children. In
August 2017 Mr. Gambino executed a donation inter vivos in favor of ... view full summary |
12. | Defendants acquired strip of property at rear of lot by acquisitive prescription. Deborah Marie Horaist v. Edward A. Pratt, 2021-C-00166 (La. 03/23/2021) [3 pp.] From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 3
In 1977 defendants purchased residential property in Lafayette. Marjorie Gardner owned
the property to the rear. A chain-link fence had already been erected and a line... view full summary |
13. | Court remands property dispute for application of laws for possessory and petitory actions. David Millaud v. Ellen Moore, 2020-C-00867 (La. 10/14/2020) [3 pp.] From LSCR Volume 28, Issue 10
Plaintiff filed a petition for possession of immoveable property and for injunctive relief and
damages, claiming that when he purchased a house and piece of ... view full summary |
14. | Claims for inverse condemnation by State had prescribed. 01/29/2020) [21 pp.] From LSCR Volume 28, Issue 2
In 1962 the federal government began constructing structures in and around the Catahoula
Basin under the River and Harbor Act of 1960 to promote navigation on the Ouac... view full summary |
15. | Court dismisses trespass claim in case involving construction of replacement salt brine pipeline. W&T Offshore, LLC v. Texas Brine Corp., 2018-C-0950 (La. 06/26/19) [29 pp.] From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 6
In 1979 Texas Brine entered into a lease with the predecessors of W&T Offshore, LLC, to
utilize land in Lafourche Parish (the Brown property) for conduct... view full summary |
16. | On rehearing, Court remands for consideration of effect of dismissal of one defendant. Gloria's Ranch, LLC v. Tauren Exploration, Inc., 2017-C-1518 (La. 09/07/18) [2 pp.] From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 9
This case involved a claim by plaintiff against several defendants for failure to release a
mineral lease pursuant to Civil Code arts. 206 and 207. ... view full summary |
17. | Mortgage company was not liable for damages for failure to release mineral lease. Gloria's Ranch, LLC v. Tauren Exploration, Inc., 2017-C-1518 (La. 06/27/18) [28 pp.] From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 7
In 2004 plaintiff granted a mineral lease to Tauren Exploration, Inc. covering 1,390.25
acres in Caddo Parish. The lease was granted for an initial three-year ... view full summary |
18. | Court recalls writ in case involving claimed servitude of passage. Three Rivers Commons Condominium Assoc. v. Donna Grodner, 2017-C-0974 (La. 04/02/18) [3 pp.] From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
This case involved a dispute over an alleged servitude of passage. Three Rivers Island is
located on the south side of the Diversion Canal in Livingston Pari... view full summary |
19. | Court affirms expropriation of property for Bernard Port, remands for revaluation. St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal District v. Violet Dock Port, Inc., 2017-C-0434 (La. 01/30/18) [40 pp.] From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 1
The St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal District (the Port) is a public cargo facility in St. Bernard Parish. The Port handles several types of cargo and is o... view full summary |
20. | Post-sale notice by private party to mortgagee regarding tax sale was sufficient, even though tax collector failed to provide notice. Central Properties v. Fairway Gardenhomes, LLC, 2016-C-1855 c/w 2016-C-1946 (La. 06/29/17) [19 pp.] From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 7
Resource Bank was the mortgagee on a 2009 mortgage covering three condominium units
in Covington, Louisiana. The mortgage was recorded in the St. Tammany Parish... view full summary |
21. | Court remands levee appropriation class action in light of recent opinion concerning compensation and attorney's fees. Jason Adams v. South Lafourche Levee District, 2016-C-1423 (La. 06/29/17) [1 p.] From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
On March 31, 2017, the Court issued an opinion in South Lafourche Levee District v. Chad
M. Jarreau, 2016-C-0788 (La. 03/31/17). (See LSCR Vol. 25, No. 4). Jarreau invo... view full summary |
22. | LA Constitution requires payment of fair market value to owner whose property is appropriated for levee improvements. South Lafourche Levee District v. Chad M. Jarreau, 2016-C-0788 c/w 2016-C-0904 (La. 03/31/17) [29 pp.] From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 4
In January 2010, in an effort to upgrade the size of the existing permanent levee servitude
for flood protection, the Board of Commissioners of the South Lafourche Levee D... view full summary |
23. | Plaintiff entitled to opportunity to amend petition for possessory action to cure defect raised by exception of no cause of action. On Leong Chinese Merchants Association v. AKM Acquisitions, LLC, 2016-C-0133 (La. 04/08/16) [1 p.] From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 4 Plaintiff, a Louisiana non-profit corporation, filed a petition for possessory action against defendants,
alleging that plaintiff was ... view full summary |
24. | Lessors of mineral rights who sold their interests to lessees for sum far less than actual value had no cause of action against lessees. John C. McCarthy v. Evolution Petroleum Corp., 2014-C-2607 (La. 10/14/15) [26 pp.] From LSCR Volume 23, Issue 10 Plaintiffs were successors-in-interest to mineral rights within the Delhi Field Unit, located in
Richland Parish. The mine... view full summary |
25. | Counsel for foreclosing lender entitled to summary judgment in debtor's Section 1983 claim against counsel for misuse of executory process. The Bank of New York Mellon v. Whitney Blaine Smith, 2015-C-0530 (La. 10/14/15) [13 pp.] From LSCR Volume 23, Issue 10 Whitney and Pamela Smith entered into a residential mortgage contract with Saxon Mortgage
Services. The mortgage was secur... view full summary |
26. | Statute governing procedure for closing private railroad crossings did not effect unconstitutional taking of railroad's property. R.T. Faulk III v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., 2014-CQ-1598 (La. 06/30/15) [34 pp.] From LSCR Volume 23, Issue 7 In the late 1880s the predecessors of Union Pacific Railroad Company acquired the right to build a
railroad over certain property in O... view full summary |
27. | Plaintiff who used neighbor's property with permission, even if only implied, was precarious possessor who acquired no rights by acquisitive prescription. John Boudreaux v. Paul Cummings, 2014-C-1499 (La. 05/05/15) [26 pp.] From LSCR Volume 23, Issue 5 Plaintiff sued defendant for recognition of a predial servitude/right of way by virtue of acquisitive
prescription and a permanent inj... view full summary |
28. | Subsequent purchaser doctrine of Eagle Pipe did not apply to transfer of property through succession as opposed to sale. Nellie Pierce v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 2014-C-1233 (La. 03/17/15) [4 pp.] From LSCR Volume 23, Issue 3 This suit involved property in Vermillion Parish. In the mid-1970s Home Industry Disposal
Company, Inc. (HIDCO) began ... view full summary |
29. | Tax sale purchaser entitled to recover its costs from third party purchaser although tax sale was absolute nullity. Mooring Tax Asset Group LLC v. Roderick A. James, 2014-C-0109 (La. 12/09/14) [14 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 12 In 1997, Charles and Connie Brown purchased the property at 7047 Lake Willow Drive in New
Orleans, and the sale was recorded in the Or... view full summary |
30. | Court dismisses action by mineral rights owners challenging statutory authority of Commissioner of Office of Conservation. Robert H. Gatti v. State of Louisiana, 2014-C-0863 (La. 08/25/14) [1 p.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 9 Plaintiffs were the owners of mineral rights in the Haynesville Shale in northwest Louisiana. They
filed suit against the State, throu... view full summary |
31. | Property owner had no cause of action against city for wrongful failure to issue liquor license to lessee. MAW Enterprises, LLC v. City of Marksville, 2014-C-0090 (La. 09/03/14) [29 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 9 In November 2009, Couvillon's Payless, Inc., the owner of a convenience store and gas station,
entered into a contract to lease the pr... view full summary |
32. | Cash sale deed language limited interest sold in property. Virgil Mason v. Exco Operating Company, 2014-C-426 (05/23/14) [5 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 6 Virgil Mason inherited from his father, Willis Mason, a 1/125 interest and a 1/880 interest in a piece
of immovable property. He then ... view full summary |
33. | City substantially complied with requirements for notice to owner of blighted, unoccupied property. City of New Orleans v. Kevin M. Dupart, 2014-C-0617 (La. 05/02/14) [3 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 5 Defendant owned unoccupied property in New Orleans. By certified mail, the City sent him notice
of an administrative hearing to addres... view full summary |
34. | Plaintiff had not pled petitory action and was entitled to have possessory action heard. On Leong Chinese Merchants Association v. AKM Acquisitions, LLC, 2014-C-0533 (La. 05/02/14) [2 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 5 Plaintiff, a Louisiana non-profit corporation, filed a "Petition for Possessory Action Relief and
Damages" against defenda... view full summary |
35. | Court affirmed reversal of $11 million judgment; deed was sufficiently specific to create mineral interest in favor of third party prior to plaintiffs' purchase of property; attorneys did not commit LUTPA violation. Quality Environmental Processes, Inc. v. I.P. Petroleum Company, Inc., 2013-C-1582 c/w 2013-C-1588 c/w 2013-C-1703 (La. 05/07/14) [28 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 5 In 1992, Michael St. Martin and Virginia Rayne St. Martin purchased a tract of land in Terrebonne
Parish by act of cash sale. In the a... view full summary |
36. | 1925 tax sale could not be annulled based on Mennonite violation. Quantum Resources Management, L.L.C. v. Pirate Lake Oil Corp., 2012-C-1472 (La. 03/19/13) [21 pp.] From LSCR Volume 21, Issue 3 Plaintiffs were the owners of several oil, gas, and mineral leases covering certain lots near Lafitte
in Jefferson Parish. They filed ... view full summary |
37. | Time limit in Section 47:2228 did not prevent action to annul constitutionally defective tax sale. Jerri G. Smitko v. Gulf South Shrimp, Inc., 2011-C-2566 (La. 07/02/12) [16 pp.] From LSCR Volume 20, Issue 7 Defendant, who owned three tracts of land in Terrebonne Parish, failed to pay the ad valorem taxes
on the properties for the year 2002... view full summary |
38. | Prescription on mineral interest claim suspended by contra non valentem. James P. Wells v. Donald J. Zadeck, 2011-C-1232 (La. 03/30/12) [21 pp.] From LSCR Volume 20, Issue 4 In 1949, Mr. and Mrs. Wells conveyed 120 acres of property in DeSoto Parish to Mrs. and Mrs.
Holmes and established a mineral servitud... view full summary |
39. | Subsequent purchaser rule applied to non-apparent property damage; purchaser had no right of action against third parties for property damage. Eagle Pipe and Supply, Inc. v. Amerada Hess Corporation, 2010-C-2267 c/w 2010-C-2272, 2010-C-2279, and 2010-C-2289 (La. 10/25/11) [73 pp.] From LSCR Volume 19, Issue 11From 1981 through 1988, Robert Bridges, Patsy Tremble Bridges, and Edmund J. Baudoin, Jr.
owned property in Lafayette Parish and leased the property to Union Pipe and Supply, Inc. Union... view full summary |
40. | Severed underground cable claim was governed by negligence principles. MCI Communications Services, Inc. v. Wayne Hagan, 2011-CQ-1039 (La. 10/25/11) [12 pp.] From LSCR Volume 19, Issue 10This case presented a certified question from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1984, Illinois
Central Gulf Railroad agreed to let plaintiff's predecessor install and operate a telecommuni... view full summary |
41. | Ownership of disputed property determined by Civil Code art. 794. Loutre Land & Timber Co. v. Wilton A. Roberts, 2010-C-2327 (La. 05/10/11) [11 pp.] From LSCR Volume 19, Issue 5This case involved a dispute over a tract of land between two contiguous pieces of property. The
Marie Wilson Morgan family owned a tract described as the "Section 3 Tract." Directly south of that t... view full summary |
42. | Judgment mistakenly entered into conveyance records was not judicial mortgage. Hans Wede v. Niche Marketing USA, LLC, 2010-C-0243 (La. 11/30/10) [15 pp.] From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 12In 2005 plaintiff obtained a money judgment against Rodney Whitney, Jr. and Niche Marketing USA,
LLC in North Carolina. Mr. Whitney and his wife owned immovable property in St. John the Baptist Pari... view full summary |
43. | Timber trespass statute does not apply to co-owners of property. Janice Sullivan v. Priscilla Wallace, 2010-C-0388 (La. 11/30/10) [19 pp.] From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 12Plaintiff, Janice Sullivan, and defendant, Bruce Sullivan, purchased a 120-acre tract of land in
Claiborne Parish during their marriage. They divorced in 1990 but retained the community... view full summary |
44. | All owners of record must receive notice of tax sale.
C&C Energy, L.L.C. v. Cody Investments, L.L.C., 2009-C-2160 (La. 07/06/10) [11 pp.] From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 7 In 1992 George and Marilyn Gorsulowsky bought residential property in Caddo Parish. After Marilyn died, a 1995 judgment of possession recogn... view full summary |
45. | Fact issues existed in predial servitude case.
Roger D. Phipps v. Cynthia Nelson Schupp, 2009-C-2037 (La. 07/06/10) [16 pp.] From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 7 In 1978, Richard Katz, the common owner of a parcel of land adjacent to Audubon Park, subdivided the property into 2 lots: 543 Exposition Bo... view full summary |
46. | "Societal expectations" test reinstated by legislature. Willis-Knighton Medical Cntr. v. Caddo-Shreveport Sales and Use Tax Comm'n, 04-C-0473 (La. 6/22/05) (on
reh'g) [8 pp.] From LSCR Volume 13, Issue 7 In Willis-Knighton Med. Cntr. v. Caddo-Shreveport Sales and Use Tax Comm'n, 2004-C-0473 (La. 4/1/05) ("Willis-Knighton I"), reported in the ... view full summary |
47. | Fixtures bolted to a building are movables, overruling controlling
precedent; sales and use taxes construed. Willis-Knighton Med. Cntr. v. Caddo-Shreveport Sales and Use Tax Comm'n, 2004-C-0473 (La. 4/1/05)
[66 pp.] From LSCR Volume 13, Issue 4 This is the first definitive pronouncement from the Court since 1968 regarding the standard for determining whether a fixture of a building ... view full summary |
48. | No implied dedication of private property to the public, despite public use of the land for 60 years. Cenac v. Public Access Water Rights Association, 2002-C-2660 (La. 6/27/03) [28 pp.] From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 7 Plaintiff Cenac on April 4, 2000 acquired a boat launch and the adjacent portion of a canal connecting Bayou Lafourche and Bayou Des Alleman... view full summary |