Bodcaw Lumber Co. v. Bonnette
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Winn; W. L. Bagwell, Special Judge. Action by the Bodcaw Lumber Company against Arthur Bonnette. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommeryille, J.
This is a petitory action, brought by plaintiff against defendant to recover the E. % of the S. AV. %> and the S. W. % of the S. E. A4, and the pine timber on the N. W. A4 of the S. E. 14 > all in section 1, township 10 north, range 5 west, Winn parish, La. Plaintiff claims title by mesne conveyances from the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company, which was granted the land by the Congress by Act of March 3, 1871, c. 122, 16 Stat. 579, and by a grant made to said company March 3, 1885, in lieu of the original grant; which land was transferred by it, the company, November 20, 1886, to Jay Gould,…
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