Burton-Swartz Cypress Co. v. Baker-Wakefield Cypress Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Assumption; W. P. Martin, Judge. Suit by the Burton-Swartz Cypress Company against the Baker-Wakefield Cypress Company and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This is the fourth time this litigation has been here in one form or another. It has always brought up only the question of possession of the N. W. % of section 54, township 12 south, range 15 east, and of the cypress timber thereon, or taken therefrom.
The controversy was commenced by an action for slander of title, instituted by one G. J. Labarre against the present plaintiff. The defendant here intervened in the suit, alleging that the intervener was in possession of the land, and that both the plaintiff, Labarre, and the defendant, Burton-Swartz Company, were slandering the intervener’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Labarre v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- Labarre v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- La Barre v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
3Cited by3 opinions
- Harang v. Bowie Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Kuchenig v. California CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1964
- Burton Swartz Cypress Co. v. Baker-Wakefield Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927