Matthews v. Slattery
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Action by W. H. Matthews against J. B. Slattery. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff alleges that he is in actual possession of the E. % of S. W. % of section 7, township 17 N., range 13 W., under a homestead entry in the United States Land Office, of date September 13, 1908. He complains that defendant is slandering his title and has damaged him thereby, and he prays that he be ordered to desist from so doing and condemned to pay $200 and’costs.
Defendant filed a petition to remove the case to the United States Circuit Court, and then filed a plea of lis pendens, and then, apparently abandoning those pleadings, answered, denying that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Cameron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- South Louisiana Land Co. v. Riggs Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Dalton v. WickliffeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- Succession of MaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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