Vanzant v. Bodcaw Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Bienville; B. P. Edwards, Judge. Action by Emanuel Vanzant against the Bodcaw Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant and intervener appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff’s contention isr That the Bodcaw Lumber Company slanders his title to the land he claims to own, and of which he has physical possession.
That the Bodcaw Lumber Company sets up. title in itself as being duly recorded.
The defendant denies that plaintiff has title, and urges that it owns the land, having-acquired it from the Detroit Timber & Lumber Company, plaintiff’s vendee. The defendant by claiming title in an action of jactitation became plaintiff as in a petitory action.
*925The Bodcaw Lumber Company also pleaded estoppel in support of the title it claimed.
The Detroit Timber & Lumber…
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