Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Coleman v. Booker

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 13, 2012No. 46,890-CAPublished

1ConcurrenceCaraway, J.

hi concur in the result. The facts indicate that despite the express description of the location for the servitude in the original 1983 right-of-way grant, the appellees for years utilized an existing driveway lying totally outside that 90-foot grant. The use of that property must be viewed as only a precarious possession by appellees occurring with the permission of the Booker family. La. C.C. art. 3437; Robin v. Finley, 597 So.2d 178 (La.App. 3d Cir.1992). A servitude owned by appellees over the old driveway could not have arisen by estoppel. One can never be divested of his title to realty…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Monk v. MonkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1962
  2. Merritt v. HaysSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
  3. Robin v. FinleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992

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