Rock Island, A. & L. R. Co. v. Guillory
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
This is a jactitation action instituted by the Railroad Company against the widow and heirs of Cerent Guillory and their mineral lessee, F. C. Fontenot. The plaintiff alleges that it is the owner in possession of a strip of land 100 feet wide in Evangeline Parish, and that the, defendants have slandered its title by claiming the ownership thereof.
The widow and heirs of Cerent Guillory filed exceptions of no right and no cause of action.
The Pan American Production Company, claiming that its leasehold rights acquired in 1938 were superior to those obtained by Fontenot in 1941,…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. Marietta Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
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- Wier v. Texas Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1948
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