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DOUGLAS v. MURPHY

No. 38684.

51 So.2d 310 (1950)

218 La. 888

DOUGLAS et al. v. MURPHY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing January 9, 1951.

Further Rehearing Denied February 12, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albritton, Ware, Litton & West and Wm. Louis Albritton, of Baton Rouge, J. R. Dawkins, of Farmerville, and Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, of Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Sholars & Gunby, of Monroe, Tucker, Bronson & Martin and Harvey G. Fields, of Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiffs brought suit against the defendants seeking to recover damages in the amount of $70,000.00 for timber cut and removed from a tract of land containing 160.85 acres situated in Union Parish.

The plaintiffs set forth their title to the land in their petition. The defendants, in their answer, aver that they are the owners of the land and recite their title to it. The defendants interposed a plea of prescription, ten years acquirendi...

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