Hall v. Caplis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Bossier; John Thomas Watkins, Judge. Action by Dwight S. Hall against Thomas Caplis. Thereafter A. J. Hall was substituted as plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvostx, J.
This suit is over the own•ership of two tracts of land — one, a strip ‘extending across the northern part of section 10, and measuring 6 chains north and south; the other, an area of 19.45 acres, which, ac•cording to plaintiff, forms a part of the lots ■3 and 4 of section 9, and, according to defendant, constitutes lot 1 of same section— ■■all in township 16, range 12, W. N. W. D., in Bossier parish.
In connection with the first of these tracts, we find in the record the following admission:
“In this case it is admitted for the purpose of the trial of this case that the plaintiff owns the land…
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