Interstate Trust & Banking Co. v. Picard & Geismar, Ltd.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh. Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension; Philip H. Gilbert, Judge. Action by the Interstate Trust & Banking Company, trustee, against Picard & Geismar, Limited, and another. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, the named defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL.'J.
This is a suit for the value of forest timber felled and taken by defendants from plaintiff’s land.
The timber was made into cross-ties by Charles Barber, under a contract with Picard & Geismar, Limited. The agreement was that Barber should make cross-ties from the timber on the land of Picard & Geismar, Limited, adjacent to the timber land belonging to plaintiff, and pay Picard & Geismar, Limited, at the rate of 9 cents per tie for the timber. A representative of Picard & Geismar, Limited, showed Barber the land on which he was to get the timber, but perhaps did not call his…
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- Peter v. Owl Bayou Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- State v. RathboneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Ducros v. St. Bernard Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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