State ex rel. Cain v. H. D. Foote Lbr. Co.

On January 1, 1929, and for some time prior thereto, the W. G. Ragley Lumber Company, Incorporated, was the record owner of all the standing timber on certain land in Beauregard parish. While this company was the record owner of the timber on the date named,^ as a matter of fact it had sold it to the Powell Lumber Company, Incorporated, on November 21, 1928, but the act of sale was not filed and recorded until July 5, 1929. Powell Lumber Company sold the timber to the B. E. Smith Land & Lumber Company on January 19, 1929, and that company in turn sold and conveyed it on January 22, 1929, to…