# McCarthy v. Evolution Petroleum Corp.

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · October 14, 2015 · 180 So. 3d 252

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4824092

## Case

- **Full name:** John C. McCARTHY, Individually and as Trustee of the Kathleen McCarthy Balden Trust, and Majorie M. Moss v. EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Formerly know as Natural Gas Systems, Inc., and NGS Sub Corporation
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** October 14, 2015
- **Citations:** 180 So. 3d 252; 182 Oil & Gas Rep. 967; 2015 La. LEXIS 2242; 2015 WL 5972515
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Crichton
- **Judges:** Additionally, Crichton, Johnson, Reasons, Weimer
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

CRICHTON, J.,
additionally concurs and assigns reasons.'
|U agree with the majority opinion in this matter in all respects. I write separately to emphasize that the court of appeal, by creating a legal duty not imposed by the legislature, rendered meaningless the unambiguous language of La. Mineral Code art. 122. Courts should take care not to go beyond the plain meaning of provisions of the Code where those meanings are clear and unambiguous and do not lead to absurd consequences. La. C.C. art. 9.

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