Rathbun v. Barney

Morris Rathbun and Ed A. Salassi, alleging themselves to be owners, and, until disturbed by defendant, to be in possession of a one acre tract in Webster Parish, filed on March 11, 1946 this possessory action against L.K. Barney.

Defendant denied plaintiffs' possession, either as a matter of right or in fact, and set forth that he had been in possession of the property since September, 1944, and prayed that plaintiffs' demands be rejected and that his own possession be recognized and maintained.

The district court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and defendant appealed.

The evidence…