Legal Opinion
Saunders v. Hollis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 19, 2009No. 44,490-CAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Chief Judge.
|Plaintiffs, James and Patsy Saunders, brought the instant possessory action against defendants, Calvin and Patsy Hollis. The Saunders claim to have possessed a small triangular strip of land on their southern boundary with defendants’ property in the town of Spearsville, Louisiana, and that their possession was disturbed in October 2005 when defendants moved a mobile home onto the property. 1 Defendants denied the allegations of plaintiffs’ petition. Neither party asserted ownership.
The trial court found that “there was no proof of open, public, unequivocal possession of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Liner v. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Chaney v. State Mineral Bd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Jackson v. LareLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
- Williams v. WigginsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
- Ryan v. LeeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
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