Legal Opinion

Smith v. Grant Timber & Mfg. Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 11, 1912No. 18,867PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court,. Parish of Winn; George Wear, Judge. . Action by Mrs. Julia A. Smith and others-against the Grant Timber & Manufacturing Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtProvost'S, J.

Plaintiffs allege that they are in possession as owners of the W. % of N. E. %, and E. % of N. W. % of section 31, township 10 N., range 1 W., parish of Winn, and have been for more than 30 years, and that the defendant company has disturbed their possession by entering upon said land and cutting and removing timber therefrom, and that thereby they have been damaged in the sum of $2,250 “in being deprived of the possession of the timber cut down and removed from said land, and to which your petitioners are entitled to be restored to the possession of said timber, or of its value in money if…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mott v. HopperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  2. Collins v. Dalton Clark Stave Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Producers' Oil Co. v. HanszenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  2. Grant Timber & Mfg. Co. v. GraySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  3. Foshee v. Kirby Lumber CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  4. Akers v. Iberia Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  5. Schilling's Heirs v. Kent Piling Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1951

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