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Treachery of the Untrustworthy Trustee

By Charles Sartain on August 5, 2014
Posted in Contract Disputes, Title Issues

Co-author Brooke Sizer

J-W Operating Co. v. Olsen is another Louisiana concursus (“It’s not my money, Your Honor; let them fight over it”).

The Trust

In 2006, Fred Houston created the Fred L. Houston Trust and placed into it the Tenneco lease, which had been producing since 1974. Ms. Williams was the trustee. The trust…

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