Beam v. Dudding

This is a petitory action in which the plaintiff alleged that he is the owner of a triangular shaped piece of ground containing 76/100 of an acre and also three acres of ground, both pieces being located near the town of Norwood, Louisiana. The plaintiff set forth his chain of title and has offered the deeds in evidence as far back as 1891 on the 76/100 of an acre and as 1892 on the three acres.

The defendant answered and prayed that she be declared the owner of the property in dispute by virtue of thirty years uninterrupted and adverse possession, and the attorney for the plaintiff filed a…