Meridian Land & Mineral Corp. v. Bagents

HAMITER, Justice.

These petitory actions, tried together in the district court and consolidated and docketed here under the same number, have as their purpose the. establishing of title to a tract of land (approximately 28.8 acres), with the timber thereon, located in Vernon Parish. The allegations of the plaintiffs in both suits are identical, except in one the Meridian Land and Mineral Corporation asserts ownership of the land while in the other the Crowell Long Leaf Lumber Company, Inc., alleges title to the timber. The claim of ownership of each is based on a record title, in a complete…