St. Paul v. Louisiana Cypress Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafourche; Louis P. Caillouet, Judge. Action by John St. Paul and others against the Louisiana Cypress Lumber Company, Limited. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiffs, owners of the S. y2 of N. E. % and N. W. % of N. E. %, section 30, township 14 S., range 8, S. E. land district—112.32 acres—claimed damages for cutting down trees thereon and taking them away. They charge that 102.32 acres of the land above described, though heavily timbered, was denuded of its cypress trees. That on this land were trees enough to produce 30,000 feet of merchantable lumber to the acre. They characterize defendant’s act as a trespass and a depredation of which they knew nothing until about six months prior to the institution of this suit.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Heirs of Dohan v. MurdockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- Montgomery v. WhitfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- Reeves v. TowlesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1836
- Ramos Lumber & Mfg. Co. v. LabarreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Hobson v. PeakeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Kennedy v. Perry Timber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- State v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Frederick v. GoodbeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. Dibert, Stark & Brown Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- State v. AucoinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
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