Buckley v. Delaware Louisiana Fur Trapping Co.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiff alleges himself to be the owner of some 30,000 acres of land situated in the parish of Terrebonne, this district, and seeks to enjoin the defendants from trespassing thereon by trapping for fur-bearing animals. Defendant Delaware Louisiana Fur Trapping Company, Inc., excepted to the jurisdiction ratione person®.

Plea to the Jurisdiction.

The plea to the jurisdiction in this case should be overruled for the reason that the proceeding is in the nature of an action in rem, in that it involves the right to or possession of certain real property, and the charge of…