Ducros v. St. Bernard Cypress Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Ninth. Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Bernard; R. Em-met Hingle, Judge. Suit by Louis A. Ducros against the St. Bernard Cypress Company, Limited. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff sues to recover of defendant the value of certain timber which he alleges the defendant cut and removed from his land. The defendant claims to be owner of the land. Plaintiff does not ask that his title be recognized and decreed. This being so, and finding, as we do, that more than a year elapsed between the taking and removing of the timber and the institution of this suit, and that therefore the plea of prescription of one year filed by defendant is good, we save ourselves the trouble of investigating the question of title.
In Foley v. Bush, 13 La. Ann. 126, where the plaintiff…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Citizens' Bank of Louisiana v. JeansonneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- de Lizardi v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1873
- Poirier v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Shields v. WhitlockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Burch v. Americanus WillisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
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3Cited by4 opinions
- National Park Bank v. Concordia Land & Timber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Ducros v. St. Bernard Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Kuchenig v. California CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1964
- Interstate Trust & Banking Co. v. Picard & Geismar, Ltd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920