Crowell Land & Mineral Corp. v. Verneco, Inc.

DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Crowell Land and Mineral Corporation, filed this suit against Verneco, Inc. (referred to in the record as Roy 0. Martin Lumber Co., Inc., successor, through merger with Verneco, Inc.), seeking a determination of ownership of a certain strip of land. The trial court found that a deed executed in 1918 by The Cro-well and Spencer Lumber Co., Ltd. and the W.M. Cady Lumber Co., Inc., predecessors in interest to the plaintiff and defendant, respectively, did not constitute a sale of immovable property in fee, but rather, merely granted a servitude or right of way…