Scott v. Calvit
Supreme Court of Louisiana
AFPEAIr FROM THE COURT OP THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OP THE FIFTH PRESIDING. The plaintiff Thomas C. Scott claims 300 acres of land on Bayou Rapides adjoining himself above and the defendant Calvit below. It was confirmed to one Kilgour by virtue of a Spanish grant. After several conveyances, it came into the possession of Wm.
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AFPEAIr FROM THE COURT OP THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OP THE FIFTH PRESIDING. The plaintiff Thomas C. Scott claims 300 acres of land on Bayou Rapides adjoining himself above and the defendant Calvit below. It was confirmed to one Kilgour by virtue of a Spanish grant. After several conveyances, it came into the possession of Wm. Murray deceased, and at the probate sale of his succession C. T. Scott, (the brother of the plaintiff, and the Parish Judge who made the sale,) became the purchaser. He conveyed it to the plaintiff. It was held by the plaintiff, and those under whom he…
1Opinion of the Court
Mathews Judge,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case the plaintiff claimed from the defendant, a certain tract of land as described in his petition for which he obtained judgment in the court below, and the defendants appealed.
Both parties claim title to different parts of an entire tract granted to Joseph Kilgour, the original vendor.
Several objections was made on the trial of the cause in the District Court to the manner in which the plaintiff deduces his title. The first was to the admission of a writing under private signature as not being established by the best evidence, in…
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