Baucum v. Pine Woods Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Webster; R. C. Drew, Judge. Action by Oscar E. Baucum against the Pine Woods Lumber Company and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The defendant company agreed to buy as much of plaintiff’s timber as plaintiff could deliver in the pond of its sawmill. The timber was on the east side of the track of the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway, and the defendant’s sawmill was on the west side, so that for delivering the timber the plaintiff had to travel west and across the railroad. The public road goes due west until it reaches a point about 500 feet from the railroad, and then turns towards the right, or northwesterly, and crosses the railroad about 1,000 feet further north; and then resumes its course due west. At the point where…
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