Labarre v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Assumption; Paul Leche, Judge. Action by G. J. Labarre against tbe Burton-Swartz Cypress Company, and BakerWakefield Cypress Company, Limited, intervenes. Motion by intervener to dissolve sequestration and for damages was granted, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Tbe plaintiff, Labarre, brought a jactitation suit for tbe timber upon a certain tract of land, and tbe intervener, tbe Baker-Wakefield Company, intervened in tbe suit, instituting a jactitation suit for tbe same timber. A jactitation suit does not involve title, unless tbe defendant, acknowledging plaintiff’s possession, sets up title; in wbicb case -tbe suit is converted into a petitory action, with defendant as plaintiff and plaintiff as defendant. In tbe present suit tbe defendant denied that either tbe plaintiff or the intervener had possession; and, in tbe alternative in tbe event tbe…
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- Labarre v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
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- La Barre v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
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