Willis v. Ruddock Cypress Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
IN RE J. D. Willis et al., applying for Certiorari, or writ of review, to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit of Louisiana.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Provosty, J.
This is a petitory action to recover' a tract of swamp *256land situated in the Parish of St. John the Baptist. The land was located by Joseph Desert in 1864 under a State land warrant of the series known as the Gorlinski certificates. The plaintiffs claim under this title.
Defendant impugns said title on the grounds, first, that the Gorlinski certificates had no validity; second, that the location of the land under the certificate was never approved by the Governor, and that without such approval the title remained inchoate, never maturing into…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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