Steele v. Walker

LANDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff herein, Bernice C. Steele, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rejecting her claim against defendant, Sam A. Walker, for damages for alleged trespass upon property assertedly belonging to plaintiff and the cutting, removal and sale of timber therefrom. Defendant answered the petition denying plaintiff’s ownership of the property involved and upon the trial of the case asserted ownership thereof in himself.

After hearing the matter on its merits, the trial court (without deciding the question of ownership of the property in dispute) rejected plaintiff’s demand…