Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co. v. Industrial Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Winston Overton, Judge. Action by the Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company against the Industrial Lumber Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant Calcasieu Pine Company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Plaintiff obtained judgment against Industrial Lumber Company, J. W. Frellsen & Co., and Calcasieu Pine Company, decreeing it to be the owner, entitled to possession, of the E. % of S. E. % of section 33, township 3 S., range 3 W., and further decreeing that the muniments of title set up by the parties mentioned are of no effect, and enjoining Calcasieu Pine Company from trespassing on said land. Calcasieu Pine Company has appealed.
It appears, from the record that the state of Louisiana patented the land in question to Samuel R. Prentiss on May 30, 1883; that on June 27, 1905, Prentiss sold…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Smith v. CrandallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Frellsen v. CrandellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Frellsen & Co. v. CrandellSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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