Colomer v. Morgan

Merrick, 0. J.

The present action was commenced by an injunction to prevent Morgan, the Sheriff, from turning the plaintiff out of the possession of certain lots of ground and buildings in the town of Mandoville, in the parish of St. Tammany.

The defendant, Valette, answered by setting up title to the property in himself and praying to be decreed to be the owner and put in possession. The case was tried before a jury and a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff.

The defendant insists that the action is a petitory action, and that the titles are before the court, and that it must pass…