Agurs v. Bernstein

This is a possessory action, instituted by plaintiff on February 26, 1924, against E. R. Bernstein and the city of Shreveport to regain possession of a tract of land, consisting of about 70 acres, lying in the outskirts of the city of Shreveport, and to be quieted in the possession of the same. Plaintiff alleges that he acquired the property, the right to the possession of which is in contest, from John Leake, about the year 1890; that the deed by which he acquired it was apparently lost by the notary before whom it was passed prior to recordation; that he sold a part of the property thus…