Difficulties with Sharing: A Proposal to Define the Voluntary Unit and Protect the Rights of Surface Co-Owners and Mineral Servitude Holders in Louisiana

Authors

W. Drew Burnham

Keywords

Louisiana, Louisiana Supreme Court, Joint tenancy, Servitudes, Equitable remedies (Law), Law reform, Judicial opinions, Law, Minerals

Abstract

The article focuses on the co-ownership principles and nature of the mineral servitude in Louisiana. Topics discussed include the importance of implementing reforms in the Mineral Code, solutions for equitable remedies for surface co-owners, and the judicial opinion of the Supreme Court of Louisiana on the case Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Sailing's Heirs.

Repository Citation

W. Drew Burnham, Difficulties with Sharing: A Proposal to Define the Voluntary Unit and Protect the Rights of Surface Co-Owners and Mineral Servitude Holders in Louisiana, 75 La. L. Rev. (2014)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol75/iss2/9