City of New Orleans v. Joseph Rathborne Land Co.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiff, the City of New Orleans, on its own behalf and as trustee, instituted this suit praying to be recognized as the true and lawful owner of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 and the East % of the Northwest % of Section 32, Township 13 South, Range 18 East, Parish of St. John the Baptist. Defendant, Joseph Rathborne Land Company, Inc., answered the suit and prayed that the demands of plaintiff be rejected and that it be recognized as the true and lawful owner of the lands in question, and in the alternative pleaded prescriptions of 10 and 30 years acquirendi causa.

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