Roussel v. Railways Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by Willis J. Roussel and others against the Railways Realty Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and the Railways Realty Company and another apply for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a petitory action to recover lots Nos. 8, 17, 4, 5, 1, 2, 15, 16, 20, and 21, in Elkinsburg, near the margin of Lake Pontchartrain on the south side of Bayou St. John, as per plan of L. Bringier, Surveyor General, made in the year 1831.
In the year 1882, the said lots, except lot 3, stood on the conveyance records of the parish of Orleans as belonging to the following named persons, to wit:
Lots 4 and 5 to Pierre Blanchard.
Lot 17 to Joseph Cockyane.
Lots 1, 2, 15, 16, 20, and 21 to Mrs. Mary Lowery Rankin.
There were no squares in the original plan of Elkinsburg, but an official map of…
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