Palmer v. Louisiana Forestry Commission

| iLOTTINGER, Chief Judge,

dissenting.

For the reasons which follow, I respectfully dissent.

Citing Billiot v. B.P. Oil Co., 93-1118 (La.9/2994); 645 So.2d 604, the majority concludes that “the language in the original statute recognizing the distinction between pulpwood and timber by the measurements used, by the cord for pulpwood and by the thousand feet log scale for trees and timber, is applicable to the current statute.” This conclusion, however, is not supported by Billiot or the cases cited therein.

Relying on State v. Mathe, 219 La. 661, 53 So.2d 802 (1951) and Perkins v. Brothers of…