de la Croix v. Villere

Merrick, O. J.

The plaintiff claims to be the owner of a plantation on the Mississippi river, adjoining that of the defendant. He alleges that he has had possession of the same since 1801, and that the boundaries between plaintiff and defendant had never been finally established. He prays that the boundary between himself and defendant may be surveyed and determined.

By a supplemental petition filed in June, 1863, the plaintiff alleges that by an agreement between himself and the defendant, they had caused at their joint expense the line to be run and marked between them by a surveyor selected…