Legal Opinion
Rains v. Jones
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 5, 1934No. 4707PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLS, Judge.
Howard M. Jones, owner of an oil and gas lease on fifty acres of land in Sabine parish, La., employed Houston Rains as a workman in the drilling on it of a well.. On January 31, 1933, he was indebted to Rains for wages in the sum of $100, and to the father of Rains in the sum of $39.50 for board. Rains brought suit for $100 in the justice of peace court, seizing the lease and its appurtenances to protect the laborer’s lien granted him by the provisions of Act No. 161 of 1932.
In order to obtain the release of his property, Jones executed a note for $139.50, payable to Houston…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- T. B. Jordan & Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
- Pontchartrain Apartments, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- Amoss v. BurlesonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1928
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