Madison v. Zabriskie
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. Appeal from the parish court for the parish and city of new-ORLEANS.' This is a petitory action. The plaintiff claims an improved lot of ground in the city of New-Orleans, situated in St. John street, in the possession of the defendant. He alleges he purchased the lot from John Gravier, in 1822, and has since rented it to one Thomas Smith, f. m. c. That since then, in 1832, the defendant took illegal possession of the same, and still retains it.
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Eastern Dist. Appeal from the parish court for the parish and city of new-ORLEANS.' This is a petitory action. The plaintiff claims an improved lot of ground in the city of New-Orleans, situated in St. John street, in the possession of the defendant. He alleges he purchased the lot from John Gravier, in 1822, and has since rented it to one Thomas Smith, f. m. c. That since then, in 1832, the defendant took illegal possession of the same, and still retains it. He prays judgment for the possession, and that he be declared the true owner thereof, and for damages and rents. The defendants pleaded…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiff asserts title to a lot of ground in St. John street, in the faubourg St. Mary,'under a sale from John Gravier. The defendant sets up title under a sale from one Thomas Smith, who, he alleges, purchased it from the present plaintiff, but that in the, conveyance -it was erroneously described as a lot in Common street, whereas the plaintiff had no lot in Common street, and that Smith and himself have, since 1828, possessed as owners with the knowledge of the plaintiff.
An act of sale of immovable property is valid, iflegallyproved, when it is made…
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