Holmes v. Wyatt Lumber Co.

McCALEB, Justice.

This is a petitory action in which plaintiffs claim ownership of 160 acres of land located in Sabine Parish. The demand was rejected by the trial judge and plaintiffs appealed to this Court.

We take notice of the lack of an affirmative showing that the value of the land in contest exceeds $2000 which is essential when our appellate jurisdiction is invoked solely on that basis. In an effort to vest jurisdiction here, counsel for the respective parties entered into a stipulation of facts, after rendition of the judgment, in which it is stated that the value of the land and…