Girard's Heirs v. New Orleans

Buchanan, J,

This is a petitory action for land. The plaintifls allege title in themselves as heirs-at-law of Stephen Girard, deceased, and an adverse possession in the cities of New Orleans and Philadelphia. The defendants severed in their answers ; that of the city of New Orleans being a general denial of all the facts contained in the petition, with the exception of the heirship of plaintiffs, which was admitted. A separate trial was had as against the city of New Orleans, on the admission of heirship contained in the answer, and a further admission that Stephen Girard died in 1831,…