Chalmers v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston; Roberts S. Ellis, Judge. Petitory action -by Charles 0. Chalmers against the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company, in which defendant called in warranty the Eastern Land & Lumber Company, Limited, and in which such warrantor called in warranty Mrs. Sallie W). Henry and others. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This is a petitory action in which the plaintiff claims title to a tract of land in the defendant’s possession. The plaintiff’s claim is based upon a receipt purporting to have been issued to one Henderson Young, by William A. Gill, receiver of the *837state land office, formerly located at Greens-burg, La. The receipt bears date the 1st of December, 1862, and the number 5499.
The defendant’s title is based upon two state patents issued to Charles W. Henry, dated the 13th of March, 1891, and numbered, respectively, 4181 and 4182, duly recorded in the state land office at Baton Rouge.
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