Legal Opinion
Schwing Lumber & Shingle Co. v. Peterman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 20, 1916No. 20312PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Thomas M. Milling, Judge. Action by the Schwing Lumber & Shingle Company, Limited, against W. T. Peterman and another. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
This is an action for the recovery of the value of timber, alleged to have been taken by defendants from the lands of plaintiff. The petition reads, in part, as follows:
*73“This, the petition of the Schwing Lumber & Shingle Company, Limited, a corporation _ duly chartered under the law of this state, domiciled in the parish of Iberville, and whereof Samuel P. Schwing is president, with respect, sets forth,” etc.
It further alleges that plaintiff owns, and for many years has been in possession of, the cypress timber on portions of two certain sections of land in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stanbrough v. M'CallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1849
- Meyer v. LudelingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
3Cited by8 opinions
- Acadian Production Corp. v. Savanna Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- Ducros v. St. Bernard Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Pfister v. St. Bernard Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Urania Lumber Co. v. Powers & Critchett Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
- Clifton Products, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1959
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