Harang v. Golden Ranch Land & Drainage Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafourche; H. M. Wallis, Jr., Judge. Action by Della Harang and others against the Golden Ranch Land & Drainage Company, in which G. Leo Thompson and others intervened. From a judgment dismissing the suit, plaintiffs and interveners appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
February 12, 1913, plaintiff instituted this petitory action, but did not fi-Jg notice of lis pendens, as provided by Act *703No. 22 of 1904. Defendant denied plaintiff’s, claims, set up title in itself, and called its vendor in warranty. Thereafter, on June 6, 1914, the property was sold under foreclosure of a mortgage against defendant, and bought in by the Gheens Realty Company, another corporation. The present case lay dormant on the docket of the lower court for about five years, and on October 14,1918, defendant ruled the plaintiff to show cause why the suit should not be dismissed for the…
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- Lacassagne v. ChapuisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Roussel v. Railways Realty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
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