City of New Orleans v. Union Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Suit to quiet title by the City of New Orleans and others against the Union Lumber Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The cities of New Orleans and Baltimore, and certain others claiming with the city of New Orleans, jointly brought this action against the Union Lumber Co., Ltd., to recover a certain square of ground bearing the number 741, bounded by Dixon or (Aglae), Pine, Cortez, and Peach streets, the latter being the New Basin road or canal, in the fourth district of the city of New Orleans.
Plaintiffs claim the square of ground as part of the Livaudais tract, acquired by John McDonogh on February 10, 1836, under titles tracing back to a sale made in the Succession of Broutin, of the Livaudais tract to…
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