Akers v. Iberia Cypress Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth. Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia; James Simon, Judge. Action by J. C. Akers against the Iberia Cypress Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff! appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
The plaintiff alleged that he was owner of the N. W. % of the N. W. %, and the S. W. % of the N. E. % of section' 21, township 12 south, range 8 east, parish of Iberia, and that the defendant company, although well knowing that said land belonged to him and was in his possession, cut upon, and floated from it, in 1908, $4,-000 worth of timber, and converted same into lumber worth $10,000; and plaintiff prayed that the defendant be condemned to pay him $10,000, the value of said lumber made out of said timber, or, in case he was entitled only to the value of the timber, then $4,000.
Defendant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smith v. Grant Timber & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
3Cited by3 opinions
- Foshee v. Kirby Lumber CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Schilling's Heirs v. Kent Piling Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1951
- Wyatt Lumber Co. v. ArnoldLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956