Legal Opinion

Labarre v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 23, 1910No. 17,900PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Assumption; Paul Leche, Judge. Action by Gustave J. Laharre against the Burton-Swartz Cj'press Company, in which the Baker-Wakefield Cypress Company, Limited, intervenes. From the judgment, plaintiff and defendant appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.

Summary of pleading and facts:

plaintiff charged that defendant slandered his title to trees on land described in his petition.

He alleges that he is the owner of the trees, and that they are in his possession.

He prays that by decree of court defendant be ordered to make good the right he asserts to those trees within a delay to be fixed by the court; or that he be enjoined and prohibited from setting up any claim to them; that he be quieted in his possession; and he prayed for damages in addition in the sum of $.5,000.

Exception:

The defendant in the first place interposed an exception to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dalton v. WickliffeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
  2. Saint v. MartelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
  3. Conery v. New Orleans Waterworks Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
  4. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. v. Board of AssessorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
  5. Haynes v. CarterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1854

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Louisiana Land & Exp. Co. v. Commissioner of Int. Rev.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
  2. Coley v. HeckerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Raylite Electric Corp. v. Noma Electric Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
  4. Erskine v. GardinerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  5. Atchafalaya Land Co. v. Brownell-Drews Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912

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