Legal Opinion

Brown v. Minden Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 29, 1920No. 22844PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Natchitoches; W. T. Cunningham, Judge. Action by D. J. Brown against the Minden Lumber Company and others. Judgment for defendants; and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.

On January 16, 1905, the plaintiff, David J. Brown, being the owner in fee simple of the N. % of N. W. % of - sec. 2, Tp. 13 N., R. 6 W., sold to A. R. Johnson the merchantable timber thereon, 10 inches and above in diameter at the stump, with a period of 10 years in which to remove it; Johnson sold to the Bodcaw Lumber Company May 26, 1906 ; March 9, 1908, Brown sold the land (no mention whatever being made of the timber) to W.' M. Hughes, with'the following stipulation of warranty:

“To have and to hold the said described property unto the said purchaser, his heirs and assigns, in full…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. City of Shreveport v. MarksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gailey v. McFarlainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  2. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. v. LewisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
  3. Bodcaw Lumber Co. of Louisiana, Inc. v. Clifton HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
  4. Wheat v. J. J. White Lumber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Hickman v. Enterprise Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925

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