Prejean v. Giroir
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Westbiin Dis. APPEAR PROM THE COURT' OE THE PIPTH DISTRICT POR THE PARISH OP LAFAYETTE, TJIE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This' is an action to, recover about 40 superficial arpents of land, which the plaintiff alleges the defendant, Pierre Giroir, has taken from one side of his tract, by surveying it off, and planting posts to his damage $1000, He further says, he purchased his tract of 4 arpents front by about 35 or 40 in depth from the heirs of Marguerite Richard, deceased,…
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Westbiin Dis. APPEAR PROM THE COURT' OE THE PIPTH DISTRICT POR THE PARISH OP LAFAYETTE, TJIE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This' is an action to, recover about 40 superficial arpents of land, which the plaintiff alleges the defendant, Pierre Giroir, has taken from one side of his tract, by surveying it off, and planting posts to his damage $1000, He further says, he purchased his tract of 4 arpents front by about 35 or 40 in depth from the heirs of Marguerite Richard, deceased, at the probate sale of her estate, and they are bound to make good this quantity. The defendant opposed a general denial,…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
Plaintiff having been, as he alleges, dispossessed by Pierre Giroir of a part of a tract of four arpents front purchased from the heirs of the late Marguerite Richard, brought the present suit to recover the same, and cited in warranty his vendors. He prays that in case he should be finally evicted of any por™ *423’tion of the said tract the sale he rescinded, and his vendors decreed to pay him $1000 damages, &c. The defendant denies having ever taken possession of any land belonging to plaintiff, sets up title to the portion of ground claimed by him hnd pleads the prescription of ten, twenty and…
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