HOLMES v. WYATT LUMBER CO.

No. 42170.

100 So.2d 488 (1958)

234 La. 510

Lee HOLMES et al. v. WYATT LUMBER COMPANY, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Jones, Jr., Natchitoches, for plaintiffs.

Pickett & Pickett, Many, for defendant-appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

This is a petitory action in which plaintiffs claim ownership of 160 acres of land located in Sabine Parish. The demand was rejected by the trial judge and plaintiffs appealed to this Court.

We take notice of the lack of an affirmative showing that the value of the land in contest exceeds $2000 which is essential when our appellate jurisdiction is invoked solely on that basis. In an effort to vest jurisdiction here, counsel for the respective...

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