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