Carson v. Central Progressive Bank

SHORTESS, Judge.

Luther Lee Carson (plaintiff) filed suit against Central Progressive Bank (defendant) on November 16, 1979, seeking damages for wrongful eviction. Plaintiff was evicted from a certain tract of land used for hunting purposes, which consists of approximately 560 acres in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Defendant filed a reconventional demand claiming that it held a lease on the subject property, as security for a loan to Gordon W. Dillon, and that plaintiff had attempted to undermine its security and was thus liable to the bank for damages and attorney fees. The trial court ruled…