Zeringue v. Williams

The plaintiff sets up title to a tract of land in the possession of the defendants. The respective titles of both parties properly located, do not come in conflict with each other ; the controversy between them is, therefore, narrowed to the question, whether the title exhibited by the plaintiff, and which calls for the land in contest, is sufficient to oust the defendants, who have but the naked possession. This title is one emanating- from the State of Louisiana, being- “ a sale and purchase made, subject to patent, on approval by the Secretary of the Interior.”

Although it be true that the…