Knight v. Berwick Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia; James Simon, Judge. Actions by George Knight against the Berwick Lumber Company, and by Michael W. McHugh against the same defendant. Actions consolidated. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
George Knight instituted a partition suit against the Berwick Lum--ber Company, in which he alleged ownership' of the undivided one-third or more of section 15, less the N. W. % and the N. y2 of section 14, township 12 S., range 11 E., situated in the parish of Iberia, and that the Berwick Lumber Company owned the other two-thirds of said lands, less the N.W. % of section 15. Defendant • answered, denying title in the plaintiff, and asserting title in itself to all the property described-in the petition, except the N. y2 of the N. Wv % of section 15. Defendant averred, that it-*235acquired title…
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