Legal Opinion

Britt v. Caldwell Norton Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 8, 1911No. 18,782PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Action by Martha Britt and others against the Caldwell Norton Lumber Company and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. Application of plaintiffs to have the order appealed from amended and restricted to devolutive appeal overruled. On denial of the same, plaintiffs apply for writ of certiorari.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, J.

It appears from the application, exhibits, and return in this case that on February 4, 1911, the district court for the parish of Natchitoches rendered and signed a judgment in favor of the widow and heirs of P. M. Britt and against the Boleyn Lumber Company, decreeing plaintiffs to be the owners, entitled to immediate possession, *245of a certain tract of land, and condemning the defendant company in the sum of $935.-<3S, with costs, also condemning D. G. Petty Lumber Company, Limited, as warrantor of defendant, for a like sum, save $7 of costs, which defendant…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Durbridge v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  2. State v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
  3. Globe Lumber Co. v. GriffethSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Vallo v. Gayle Oil Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  2. Milton v. Lincoln Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  3. State ex rel. Wellman v. BellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  4. McClelland v. District Household of RuthLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
  5. City of New Orleans v. GroschLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1950

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