William M. Gillespie, Sr. v. W. A. Ranson Lumber Company

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The district court held that the appel-lee was not liable to the appellant for the conversion of cypress logs which the appellant claimed to own. The timber was grown on lands owned by the Natal-bany Lumber Company in the Spanish Lake Swamp in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Natalbany sold the timber to W. D. Cann, Sr., who, in turn, on October 1, 1953, entered into a contract with appellant in its entirety as follows:

“This agreement entered into between W. D. Cann, Sr. Party of the first part and W. M. Gillespie, Sr. Party of the second part. For the purpose of selling…