State v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Assumption; Paul Leche, Judge. Action by the State against the F. B. Williams Cypress Company, Limited. From the judgment, defendant appeals, and the State answers the appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Defendant has appealed from a judgment condemning it to pay $22,-500 as damages for the conversion of the timber on school section 16, township 15 S., range 14 E., in the parish of Assumption, and the state has answered the appeal, praying that the amount of the award be increased to $50,000.
It appears from the evidence that for many years the timber on the section in question has been the subject of depredations; that the school board ordered an investigation, and received a report to that effect in 1887-1889; that between the year last mentioned and 'December…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wooden-Ware Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- McDade v. Bossier Levee BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- St. Paul v. Louisiana Cypress Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. E. C. Drew Investment Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Waller & Edmonds v. CockfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
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- National Park Bank v. Concordia Land & Timber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Keller v. HaasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- STATE ETC. v. City of PinevilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- Kennedy v. Perry Timber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
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