Hebert v. Terrebonne Parish Police Jury

CARTER, Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, the heirs of Harvey J. Hebert, from an adverse judgment dismissing their petitory action and recognizing valid title of defendant, the Terrebonne Parish Police Jury, now known as the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government (Terrebonne Parish), to certain donated land along Barataría Canal in Ter-rebonne Parish.

Facts

As determined by the trial judge, condensed herein in some instances and amplified in other instances, the chronology of events is as follows:

1.On December 27, 1920, Alcide and Claude LeCompte purchased from Joseph G. LeCompte,…