Louisiana Land Co. v. Blakewood
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; G. H. Couvillon, Judge. Action by the Louisiana Land Company against Mrs. Florence Blakewood and others. From a judgment granting insufficient relief, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PROVOST?, J.
This is a petitory action. Plaintiff claims title to all of section 38, three-fourths undivided of section 39, and % undivided of section 40, township 1 N., range 7 E., parish of Avoyelles. The three sections front on, and are bounded on the east by, Old river, once a part of the Mississippi river, and now the connecting link between the Red river and the Atchafalaya. The relative positions of the sections are that section 39 is between the other two, section 38 is north of it, and section 40 is south of it. The front part of the sections is cleared along the river for a distance…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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