Cocke v. Spangler

This is a petitory action. The lands involve^ in this suit form a part of Cypress Island, in the parish of St. Martin.

Defendants filed an exception of no right or cause of action to plaintiffs’ petition, a plea of prescription acquirendi causa, and an answer to the suit. The exception and plea of prescription were referred to the merits. The case was tried, and judgment was rendered overruling the exception and plea of prescription and decreeing the plaintiffs to be the true and lawful owners of the property. From this judgment the defendants appealed.

The learned trial judge found that the…