Brooks-Scanlon Co. v. Booty
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Clay Elliott, Judge. Action by the Brooks-Seanlon Company against T. F. Booty. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Transferred to Court of Appeal on condition.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff, claiming to own the timber on a certain tract of land, sued the defendant for damages in the sum of $392.-21 for willfully and maliciously entering on said tract and cutting and removing therefrom timber to the amount of 28,463 feet, board measure.
Defendant answered, admitting the cutting of the timber as alleged, but set up title to the land and the timber growing thereon by inheritance from his father, who in 1897 sold the timber to plaintiff’s vendor. Defendant avers that plaintiff and his vendor had forfeited all their rights to the timber by failure to remove the same within a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rogers v. GoldthwaiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
- Forstall v. LarcheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
3Cited by1 opinion
- McGee v. Louisiana Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909