Legal Opinion

Bendernagel v. Foret

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 31, 1919No. 21677PublishedCited by 41 opinions

Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafourche; Charles T. Wortham, Judge ad hoc. Suits by the Widow John Bendernagel and others against Davis J. Foret and others, by Dominique Harang and others against Davis J. Foret and others, by Delia Harang and others against Davis J. Foret and others, and by Dominique Harang and others against the Choctaw Planting Cpmpany, consolidated. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.

These suits, which were consolidated for the purpose of the trial, are petitory actions, in which the plaintiffs claim certain undivided interests in the tract of land to which their title was recognized in the case of Dominique Harang et al. v. Bowie Lumber Co. (No. 21,678) 145 La. 96, 81 South. 769. In that suit the present plaintiffs obtained judgment for the value of the forest timber taken from the land by the Bowie Lumber Company under a title derived from William R. Taylor, from whom the defendants in these suits claim title to the land. Plaintiffs’ title is the same that was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Harang v. Golden Ranch Land & Drainage Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  2. Generes v. Bowie Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  3. Albert Hanson Lumber Co. v. AngellozSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  4. Harang v. Bowie Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
  5. Succession of WatersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857

3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Blevins v. Manufacturers Record Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
  2. Waterman v. Tidewater Associated Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  3. Snelling v. AdairSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  4. Tillery v. FullerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
  5. Lee v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953

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