Dugas v. Powell

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

This litigation1 commenced as a dispute between two large groups of people, descendants of branches of the Boutté family, who lay adverse claim to a strip of land comprising some 400 acres, situated on the island of Barataria (sometimes referred to as the island of Boutté), Jefferson Parish, partly in T. 16 S., R. 23 E., and partly in T. 16 S., R. 22 E., which might be described as overlooked or lost land. The plaintiffs, descendants of brothers and sisters of Francois Zenon Boutté,2 the last record owner of the property (whose children predeceased him), claim title as…