Hoover v. Richards
Supreme Court of Louisiana
In this case the defendants appeal from a judgment of the District' Court for the parish of Concordia, confirming the title of the minors represented by the plaintiff, to the land in question. Pierse, J.^ presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiffs as*35sert title to a small lot of land, described as lot No. 31, township No. 3, of range No.”8 East, in the,land district north of Red' river, which they allege is unjustly possessed and detained by the defendants.
The defendants first excepted to the form of the action as neither petitory nor possessory, and at the same time pleaded the title of die wife. The petition was then amended by leave of court so as to make the action clearly petitory, the plaintiff praying for judgment on his title. The amendment was, we think, properly admitted. The…
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