Legal Opinion

Miles Planting & Mfg. Co. v. Ware

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 25, 1918No. 21133PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberville; Joseph E. Le Blanc, Jr., Judge. Petitory action by the Miles Planting & Manufacturing Company against James A. Ware, continued after his death against his widow and son and the Belle Grove Planting & Manufacturing Company. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, C. J.

This is a petitory action for the recovery of a tract of swamp land, indicated by the shaded area on the subjoined sketch and described as situated in the parish of Iberville and consisting of fractional section 96, T. 10 S., R. 13 E., and so much of section 1, T. 11 S., R. 13 E., as will make up 300 acres between parallel lines. The original defendant, James A. Ware, having died, his widow and son (the latter béing his sole heir) were put in possession of his estate and made defendants in his stead, and they having conveyed the land to the Belle Grove…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Spencer v. GoodmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
  2. Gravier v. BaronSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1832
  3. Dinkgrave v. SloanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1858
  4. Generes v. SimonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
  5. Levy, Loeb, Scheuer & Co. v. AcklenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. MacK Trucks, Inc. v. DixonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
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  3. Gayle-Blevins Lumber Co. v. DelhommeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  4. Bolding v. VeithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
  5. Carlson v. EwingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954

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