Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Daigle
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 22, 2000No. 99 CA 1942PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParro, J.
In this petitory action, Charles E. Griffin, II, appeals a trial court judgment declaring that the title to his property extends only to the center of the “public road,” being Morris Road. We reverse, render, and remand.
*722FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This case involves a dispute over the meaning of the words “public road” in a 1941 partition document, in which property formerly owned by Green D. Spillman was divided by his heirs into five lots. Both parties in this lawsuit trace their titles to the disputed properties to this partition document, which described the boundaries of the…
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