State v. Rathbone
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth. Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Charles; Frederick A. Middleton, Judge. 'Suit by the State of Louisiana against the Louisiana Cypress Lumber Company, Limited, and Joseph Rathbone. Dismissed as to defendant Rathbone, and judgment against the Louisiana Cypress Lumber Company, Limited, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This suit was brought to recover from the Louisiana Cypress Lumber Company and its president, as debtors in solido, $315,000, alleged to be the value of cypress timber taken from a sixteenth section. The suit against the president was dismissed; the evidence being that he had acted only as president of the lumber company in the transactions complained of. Judgment was rendered against the lumber company for $11,248.52; and, as the plaintiff alone has appealed, the only question for decision is whether the judgment should be in*837creased in amount, and, if so, to what amount.
Appellant complains…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Peter v. Owl Bayou Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
3Cited by5 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. G. M. Gustafson Co. v. Crookston Trust Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- Pfister v. St. Bernard Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Coignet v. Louisiana Cypress Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- Interstate Trust & Banking Co. v. Picard & Geismar, Ltd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920