Bonis v. James
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal by Hornsby and Printey, two of the defendants, from & judgment of the District Court of Pointe Coüpée, in favor of the plaintiffs. Deblienx, J.
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
This is a possessory action, in which the plaintiffs allege, that they are possessors as owners for more than a year, of a tract of land, at a place called the Racourci Bend, on which the defendants have entered and are commiting waste by cutting timber, cordwood, &c. Writs of sequestration and injunction were issued, to arrest the commission of further trespasses and waste. In their petition, the plaintiffs, for the purpose of showing the extent of their possession, set forth the titles under which they hold, commencing with that derived from the Spanish Governor, Carondelet, in 1796.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baillio v. BurneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
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- Palmes v. KuhnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894