Smith v. Jasper County Lumber Co.

Mr. Judge RYAN

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

Alleging itself to be “a Louisiana corporation with a permit to do business in Texas and with its principal office and place of business in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas”, Jasper County Lumber Company filed this suit in the District Court of Jasper County, said State, against T. L. Smith and M. R. Smith, residents of said Jasper County, alleging its ownership of the merchantable timber upon the several tracts of land containing about 408 acres described in- the petition, with the right until the 31st day of October,…