Forrest v. Hunter

HAMITER, Justice.

In this petitory action the plaintiff, John M. Forrest, seeks among other things to be decreed the owner of approximately 55 acres of land situated in Rapides Parish and possessed by the defendant, Oscar M. Hunter. The disputed property is out of a larger tract of 205.45 acres owned at one time by Joseph W. Swann. From a judgment dismissing his suit, plaintiff has appealed.

To properly pass upon the issues presented by the appeal, we must take into consideration a former suit, to which the instant action is a sequel, instituted in 1927 by this defendant (and some co-owners who…