Bodcaw Lumber Co. v. Clifton Heirs

Defendants, heirs of Minnie Clifton, appeal from a judgment rendered against them, recognizing plaintiffs, Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Company of Louisiana, Inc., and Bodcaw Lumber Company of Louisiana, Inc., (hereinafter referred to as Mansfield Company and Bodcaw Company) as the owners, respectively, of the southeast quarter of southwest quarter of section 20, township 13 north, range 5 west, of Winn parish, Louisiana, and the pine timber thereon.

It is conceded, and the record establishes, that Minnie Clifton acquired title to the land from Semma Clifton, as well as any reversionary rights…