Gray v. Coco
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; Gregory Horatio Couvillon, Judge. Action by David M. Gray against Paulin J. Coco. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement.
MONROE, J.
This is a petitory action for the recovery of 110 arpents of land, more or less, fronting on Bayou des Glaises, in the parish of Avoyelles, said to have been purchased by the plaintiff, January 23, 1903, from the heirs of P. G. Gibert, and of which it is alleged that the defendant had taken illegal possession some three years before said purchase. The defendant denies the validity of the title asserted by the plaintiff, and sets up title derived from P. G. Gibert, and possession thereunder in himself and his immediate authors during a period of about 17 years. The facts,…
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