Case Name: ST. MARY PARISH LAND COMPANY v. STATE MINERAL BOARD of the State of Louisiana and Sun Oil Company
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1964-12-01
Citations: 168 So. 2d 821
Docket Number: No. 47518
Parties: ST. MARY PARISH LAND COMPANY v. STATE MINERAL BOARD of the State of Louisiana and Sun Oil Company.
Judges: SANDERS, J., is of the opinion that a writ should be granted.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 168
Pages: 821–821

Head Matter:
246 La. 908
ST. MARY PARISH LAND COMPANY v. STATE MINERAL BOARD of the State of Louisiana and Sun Oil Company.
No. 47518.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 1, 1964.

Opinion:
In re: State Mineral Board of the State •of Louisiana and Sun Oil Company applying for certiorari, or writ of review, to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Parish of St. Mary. 167 So.2d 509.
Writ refused. On the facts found by the Court of Appeal, we find no error of law in its judgment except that the order to require the Mineral Board to assert the title •of the State goes beyond the needs of the case. However, since the Mineral Board cannot bind the State's right to assert its title and cannot assert whatever right the State may have without the State's consent, as the Court of Appeal has recognized, the Mineral Board will sustain no injury other than the cancellation of its mineral lease in the event it fails to comply with the order •of the Court of Appeal.