Latt Lumber Co. v. Faircloth
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Action by the Iatt Lumber Company, Limited, and another against A. W. Eaircloth. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvostx, J.
This is a petitory action, coupled with an injunction, involving the W. y2 of the S. E. and the S. W. % of the N. E. %, and S. E. % of the N. W. % of Sec. 1, T. 7, N. R. 3, W., La. Mer. parish of Grant.
This land was patented to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company by the United States government on March 3, 1885, as having been included in the grant made by Congress in 1871 to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicksburg Railway Company (Act March 3, 1871, 16 Stat. 573, c. 122), the assignor of the N. O. Pac. R. Co.
The patentee sold this land in 1892 to John Benetto; the latter died, and his…
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