White v. Lockhart

SIMON, Justice.

Plaintiffs instituted this suit in the Twenty-first Judicial District Court for the Parish of Livingston against defendant, a resident of said parish, to recover 31.68% of the value of timber cut and removed by defendant from land located in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Defendant answered alleging title to said timber by virtue of an authentic act of sale from Mrs. Annie L. White and therein called her in warranty.

The warrantor filed exceptions (1) of want of “procedural capacity”, (2) of lack or want of interest, (3) of no cause or right of action, (4) of prescription, and (5) to…