Wheat Inc. v. Caruthers

COVINGTON, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, Shirley Ann Caruthers, from a judgment recognizing the plaintiff, Wheat Incorporated,1 as the legal owner of certain described immovable property located in Section 11, Township 10 South, Range 14 East, St. Tammany Parish, State of Louisiana.

Wheat Incorporated instituted a petitory action against Shirley Ann Caruthers, who had allegedly taken steps which showed her exertion of an adverse claim against the subject property by exercising adverse possession or occupancy against the plaintiff. In her answer, defendant claimed ownership of the…