Belard & Johnson v. Gebelin & Duggan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The plaintiffs, Leonie Lancelot, wife of Daniel Belard, and Eugenie Lancelot, wife of W. D. O. Johnson, allege that they are heirs of Jean Marie Lancelot, their father, who died in Baton Rouge in 1868; and of Marie B. Lancelot, their mother, who died in California in 1889, and sue the defendants to be recognized as owners of immovable property described in their petition, and to be placed in possession. One of the defendants, Duggan, denies in his answer that he is the owner of the property, and avers that his co-defendant, Gebelin, is the…