Scott v. Hayes-Gordon

ODOM, Justice.

This is a petitory action brought by plaintiffs to be decreed the owners of a small fractional interest in a tract of land situated in St. Landry parish. Defendant filed an exception of no cause of action and pleaded the prescription of five and ten years. The exception and the pleas were referred to the merits. Defendant in his answer denied that plaintiffs were the owners of any interest in the land. Plaintiffs’ demands were rejected, and they appealed.

Whether the trial judge held that plaintiffs’ action was barred by prescription, or whether he decided the case on its merits,…