Wright v. Ferrin

It appearing, by a supplemental transcript filed with the petition for a rehearing, that the judgment appealed from was duly signed, and that the defect in the former transcript was not owing to the fault of the appellant, it is ordered, that the judgment dismissing the appeal, heretofore rendered, be set aside. As briefs have been filed by both parties, we proceed to give our opinion upon the merits of the cause.

This is a petitory action for a tract of land, containing about two hundred acres, situated in the parish of Plaqumines. The plaintiff alleges that he purchased it of Laurent…