Legal Opinion
Breaux v. Lefort
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 7, 1946No. 35376PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNON, Justice.
The plaintiffs, seventy-seven in number, filed suit on October 4, 1937, claiming ownership, as the heirs of Joseph Cherami, of 659.69 acres of land, located in the Parish of Lafourche, La., covered by Claim No. 445 in the decisions of the Board of Land Commissioners, appointed under Act of Congress March 3, 1807, 2 Stat. 440, for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons claiming land in the territory of Orleans at the time of its cession to the United States. They allege that they and their predecessors in title had initiated proceedings, prior to 1812, to be…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Langdeau v. HanesSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- West v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Joplin v. ChachereSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Jopling v. ChachereSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
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