Coleman v. Jones & Pickett
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; T. M. Burns, Judge. Action by Mrs. Nora Coleman and others against Jones & Pickett and another.. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiffs sued defendants for damages in the sum of $66,290 for having cut down and removed timber from the land belonging to the said plaintiffs.
And defendants pleaded prescription of one year.
The plea of prescription was sustained, and the suit was dismissed. Plaintiffs appeal.
In a previous suit between the same parties, 128 La. 1094, 55 South. 686, which is a petitory action, we decided that the property belonged to plaintiffs. The petition in that case contains the following paragraph:
“Petitioners further aver that the said Nemours Cousin has cut, deadened, and removed timber and trees…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brant v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Davis v. WelchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Abbot v. WilburSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
- Coleman v. CousinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Stockmeyer v. OertlingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Farley v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Jackson v. Gulf Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
- Commercial Germania Trust & Savings Bank v. WhiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Gros v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Brooklyn Cooperage Co. v. Cora Planting & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
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