McGee v. Louisiana Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita; James Pemberton Madison, Judge. Action by Joshua D. McGee against the Louisiana Lumber Company, Limited. Defendant called its vendor, the Louisiana Central Lumber Company, in warranty, and that company in turn called its vendor, the Louisiana Midland Company, Limited. From a judgment for plaintiff, both plaintiff and defendant appeal.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
MONROE, J.
A rehearing was granted because the court entertained some doubt as to whether the plaintiff had been allowed as much as he is entitled to, and our conclusion, upon a further examination of the case, is that the amount awarded him should be increased. There are two witnesses, plaintiff and Guyton, who testify that they, with the assistance of several other men, spent nearly a week in measuring the stumps and tops (and the distances between) of the trees which had been cut by defendant, and plaintiff produces in court the original memorandum book in which the number of…
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