Legal Opinion

Esposito v. Gaudet

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 29, 1942No. 17654PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a suit for the return of the purchase price of four lots of ground. Plaintiff maintains that no marketable title was, or could be, conveyed to the said property for the reason that the ground within the boundaries of the said four lots had previously been dedicated to public use by the ancestor in title of the defendants.

Defendants resist the demand for the return of the purchase price of the property, contending that it had not been dedicated to public use and that they conveyed a good and marketable title to plaintiff.

There was judgment declaring "the title purported to be conveyed…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. City of Brownsville v. WestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  2. Iseringhausen v. LarcadeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  3. Frank C. Schilling Co. v. DetryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1930
  4. Smith v. City of KuttawaCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
  5. De Castello v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Garrett v. Pioneer Production Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  2. James v. DelerySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  3. Banta v. Federal Land Bank of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
  4. Ross v. City of CovingtonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
  5. City of Covington v. GlocknerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986

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