Esmele v. Violet Trapping Co.

ODOM, Justice.

Plaintiff alleged that on or about September 11, 1933, he leased 2,850 acres of land; from Godchaux Sugars, Inc., took possession thereof by posting it, and planted thereon “grasses and foods to encourage habitation of fur bearing animals upon said property,” and that for a considerable period of' time he was in the “peaceful possession”' of the land; that during “the present trapping season” (this suit was filed January 20,. 1934) he placed trappers on the lands “for-the purpose of catching muskrats”; that im the month of Decembef, 1933, the Violet Trapping Company, a…