Broussard v. Broussard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

This is a petitory action wherein plaintiff claims the ownership and delivery of certain lands which, she alleges, are in the possession of the defendant as a mere trespasser.

The defendant denies plaintiff’s ownership and sets up title in himself.

A statement of the admitted or indisputable facts presented by the record subjects the case to the application of clear principles of law which leave little difficulty in its decision.

It is not denied that, in 1868, plaintiff, a married woman, separated in property from her husband, acquired the…