Peavy-Wilson Lumber Co. v. Dowden
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Sabine; John H. Boone, Judge. Action by the Peavy-Wilson Lumber Company against T. J. Dowden and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
This is a petitory action coupled with a writ of injunction in which plaintiff claims the ownership of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 21, township 5 north, range 10 west, Sabine parish of this state, now in the possession of T. J. Dowden, defendant. Plaintiff claims title under a patent issued by the United States government on March 3, 1885, to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Com-pany.
Dowden answered that he was a homesteader on 160 acres of land of which the 40-acres claimed in plaintiff’s petition formed a part, and that he had been in peaceful, quiet possession…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ruckman v. CorySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Bodcaw Lumber Co. v. BonnetteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914