Lisso v. Devillier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; Benjamin Henry Pavy, Judge ad hoc. Action by Paul Lisso and Bertrand Weil against P. O. C. Devillier. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a petitory action to recover fractional section 61, township 6 S., range 5 E., containing 95.81 acres, situated in the parish of St. Landry.
Plaintiffs claim title through mesne conveyances from the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company, which entered the land under acts of Congress of March 3, 1871 (16 Stat. 573, c. 122), and February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 391, e. 120), and secured a patent to the same on March 13, 1896.
Defendant claims title by virtue of mesne conveyances from Luke Collins, who is alleged to have acquired his title under a Spanish grant confirmed by act of Congress, as…
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