Sutton v. Rougeau

DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.

Emelyn Sutton brought this suit to fix the boundary between a tract of land she owns and a tract owned by defendant, Cleo Rougeau. After a trial on the merits, the district judge rendered judgment fixing the boundary according to the parties’ titles. From this judgment both parties have appealed.

The relative positions of the pertinent tracts of land are shown on Appendix 1.

The Sutton tract is described as:

“Beganing (sic) 402 feet west of southwest comer of a 1 acre tract of land out of the southwest quarter of northeast quarter of section 15, township 10 range 12 west.…