Plumb v. Hammond Lands, Inc.

This case was before us on a previous occasion when it was remanded to the lower court for completion of the record. See 14 La. App. 496, 130 So. 257.

As stated in the original opinion, the controversy is over the ownership of a tract of land of approximately 80 acres which before formed part of a larger body of about 2400 acres. The defendant had called his vendor, Columbus Reid, in warranty, and the latter in turn had called on his author, J. Barney Arnold, to come and defend the title which he had warranted to him. The plaintiffs set out a chain of title dating as far back as the United…