Barrow v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
\ PPEAL from the Twenty-fourth District Court, Parish of Plaquej_A mines. Livcmdais, J. I. 1. Oust title, good faith and actual possession are all essential to support the prescription often years. B. G. O. 3478, 3479, 3480, 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484. 2. The Act of Congress of March 2, 1849, donating swamp lands to Louisiana, did not convey title “to lands claimed or held by individuals.”
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\ PPEAL from the Twenty-fourth District Court, Parish of Plaquej_A mines. Livcmdais, J. I. 1. Oust title, good faith and actual possession are all essential to support the prescription often years. B. G. O. 3478, 3479, 3480, 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484. 2. The Act of Congress of March 2, 1849, donating swamp lands to Louisiana, did not convey title “to lands claimed or held by individuals.” Sec. 2, Acts Cong., 1849. 3. A United States patent is the superior and conclusive evidence of legal title? and where plaintiffs in a petitory action claim under a patent from the United States issued in 1839»…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Poché, J.
This is a petitory action involving the title to two separate tracts of land.
Plaintiffs claim the property under the rights of their deceased mother, who was the only heir at law of her predeceased brother, H. L. Hundley, the alleged former owner.
Defendants claim one of the tracts under a patent issued by the State of Louisiana in January, 1869; and the other tract under a tax sale made to their author in September, 1871.
Asserting both conveyances to have created a just title, and alleging^ possession in good faith for upwards of ten years,…
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