Maddox v. Vanlangendonck

HOOD, Judge.

Mrs. Marie Ney Maddox instituted this suit against her daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Ney Maddox Vanlangendonck, for a declaratory judgment decreeing plaintiff to be the owner of a tract of land in the City of Alexandria, Louisiana. Judgment was rendered by the trial court rejecting plaintiff’s demands and dismissing the suit. Plaintiff appealed.

The issues presented are (1) whether plaintiff has acquired title to the subject property by acquisitive prescription of 30 years; and (2) alternatively, whether the purported sale of that property to defendant, Mrs. Vanlangendonck, constituted a…