Marionneaux v. Smith

LE BLANC, Judge.

This is a suit in which the only question involved is the interpretation of a certain clause in an act of sale of timber, under which the purchaser was limited to a fixed period to cut and remove it, and then given, additional time if, for any cause or reason beyond his control, he was unable to cut, remove, and market it.

The timber in question is cjescribed as being all that is merchantable, standing, lying, and being in section 35, township 7 south, range 11 east, in the parish of West Baton Rouge. The plaintiff, Walter Marionneaux, Jr., claims to have bought it from Dr. J.…