Cato v. Bynum

LOTTINGER, Judge.

Petitioner sued asking to be declared the owner of eight (8) certain lots of ground situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The defendant answered, pleading estoppel, and in the alternative pleading that the petitioner was never the true owner of said property. The Lower Court rendered judgment in favor of the petitioner and the defendant appealed.

Petitioner was married to Margaret Anderson during the year 1928. They lived together until the early part of 1946. During 1940 Mrs. Octavia Tullís sold lots eight, nine, sixteen and seventeen (8, 9, 16 and 17) of…