Petit v. Depass

This suit involves the ownership of a tomb in the St. Louis Cemetery.

Plaintiff claims to have acquired by private conveyance from Eglantine Petit, who, it is alleged, inherited the tomb from her father Louis Petit.

Defendants assert title to the upper vault of the tomb (there being two vaults, an upper arid a lower) through their grandmother, Erminie or Emilie Peyran. There was judgment recognizing plaintiff as the owner of lot on which the tomb stands and as owner of the lower vault of the tomb with the right of burial therein, and recognizing Mrs. DePass, together with ,the lawful heirs,…