Case Name: LAWLER v. BRADFORD et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1904-02-29
Citations: 113 La. 415
Docket Number: No. 14,828
Parties: LAWLER v. BRADFORD et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 113
Pages: 415–419

Head Matter:
(37 South. 12.)
No. 14,828.
LAWLER v. BRADFORD et al.
(Feb. 29, 1904.)
DEED — CONSTRUCTION—DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.
1. Where reference is made in an act of sale of real estate to the title under which the vendor holds, both acts should be consulted, and taken together, to ascertain the true description of the property. Bank v. Denhan, 7 Rob. 40; Labicbe v. Jahan, 9 Rob. 30.
Breaux, J., dissenting.
(Syllabus by the Court.)
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; Edward Taylor Lewis, Judge.
Action by Joseph G. Lawler against Welman Bradford and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
Affirmed.
Story & Pugh, R. Lee Garland, and Kenneth Baillio, for appellants. Lewis & Lewis and Edward Benjamin Du Buisson, for appellee.
Rehearmg denied June 21, 1904.

Opinion:
On Rehearing as to Question of Jurisdiction.
LAND, J.
The .court on its own motion dismissed 'this appeal for want of jurisdiction ratione materise. Defendants and appellants applied for a rehearing, which was granted. Our attention has been called to the fact that the defendants in their answer alleged that the right of way claimed by them exceeds. in value $2,000. Defendants have also filed in this court an affidavit to the same effect. Plaintiff and appellee, on the rehearing, offered no evidence as to value. We think that the pleadings and evidence justify us in assuming jurisdiction. Our former decree dismissing the appeal is vacated.