Lindquist v. Maurepas Land & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; John St. Paul, Judge. Action by Frederick Lindquist against the Maurepas Land & Lumber Company, Limited, and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, J.
Plaintiff’s action, brought on the 15th of April, 1902, is petitory, to be recognized as the owner of the S. W. % of section 20, township 10 S., of range 5 E.
Defendant the Southern Cypress Company is the vendee of the Maurepas Land & Lumber Company, and owns only such title as its vendor had. Plaintiff says that he had improved and cultivated this land under the terms of, and as required by, Act No. 21, p. 31, of 1880, with the intention of acquiring it from the state of Louisiana.
1-Ie had, by his action and exertion, obtained the right to become the owner over all other persons. He had a…
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