Robinson v. North American Royalties, Inc.
Decision Date | 07 June 1985 |
Docket Number | No. 85-C-0692,85-C-0692 |
Citation | 470 So.2d 112 |
Parties | A.J. ROBINSON, Jr. v. NORTH AMERICAN ROYALTIES, INC., David C. Bintliff and the Stone Oil Company. 470 So.2d 112 |
Court | Louisiana Supreme Court |
The court of appeal affirmed the trial court's maintaining of defendant's exception of no cause of action on the basis that "the sublease which Stone Oil acquired from North American covered only the land located within the boundaries of the 13,850 foot RA SU A production unit". 1 463 So.2d 1384, at 1388 (La.App.1985). Plaintiff's application for certiorari to this court asserts that:
(Emphasis supplied, footnotes omitted)
Thus, the application, while conceding that the sublease covered only the area within the units, asserts that the farmout agreement prior to the sublease covered the entirety of the original lease to plaintiff. 2 However, neither of these documents is attached to the petition.
No evidence may be offered at any time to support or controvert the objection that the petition fails to state a cause of action. La.C.C.P. Art. 931. In deciding an exception of no cause of action, the court accepts the facts alleged in the petition, without reference to any extraneous supporting or controverting evidence, and determines whether the law affords any relief to plaintiff if those facts are proved at trial.
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