Legal Opinion

Railsback v. Keith

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 26, 1917No. 22530PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Caddo. Suit by J. B. Railsback against P. P. Keith and others. Judgment of the district court in favor of defendant was reversed by the Court of Appeal, and defendants apply for certiorari or writ of review.

1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.

The property involved in these two consolidated suits is the N. W. % of the S. E. Yi of Sec. 1, Tp. 16 N., R. 14 W., parish of Caddo, a 40-acrc square. One of the suits is a jactitation suit, and involves all of said 40-acre square, except some 5 acres in the southwest corner. The other suit involves this 5 acres, and is a petitory action. *749To the Jactitation suit defendants excepted, on the ground that plaintiff did not have possession, and therefore could not maintain a jactitation suit. Without asking for a separate trial of this exception, but with reserve of it, defendants some time…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Industrial Lumber Co. v. FarqueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  2. Pfister v. St. Bernard Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  3. New Orleans Terminal Co. v. LucknerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  4. Zylks v. KaempferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
  5. Industrial Lumber Co. v. FarqueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926

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