Delahoussaye's Heirs v. Davis's Widow
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dis. AEPEAE EEOM THE COURT OE THE PIETS DISTRICT, POR THE PARISH !oP ST. MARY, THE JUDGE OP THE SEVENTH PRESIDING.
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Western Dis. AEPEAE EEOM THE COURT OE THE PIETS DISTRICT, POR THE PARISH !oP ST. MARY, THE JUDGE OP THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. Th'é plaintiffs allege that they aire thé heirs and legal representatives ’ of Louis Peltier Delahoussaye, deceased, ánd as such are the real owners and proprietors of a tract of land situated at a place called “ Chicot Noir,'’’’ containing 60 ar-pents front oil the bayou Teche, opposite Prevot’s plantation-, now in the possession and claimed by the beirs of Ramos Davis-. They further 'alleg'e that they derive title from the Spanish government, Whiéh has been -recognized…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiffs in their original petition assert title in themselves as heirs of L. P. Delahoussaye to a tract of land on the Tdche, commonly called the Chicot Noir, long in controversy between the ancestor of the defendants, and the heirs of Prevost; see 12 Martin, 445; 1 Martin, N. S., 650; and which he ultimately recovered by a judgment of this court. An answer was filed setting up title in the defendants. After the suit had been pending more than two years, the plaintiffs filed a supplemental petition in which they allege that the acts of alienation of said land executed by them and their…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Davis' v. Prevost's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1823
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