Lafon v. De Armas
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Parish Court of New Orleans, Maurian, J, The nature of the pleadings, and the facts necessary to understand the decision in this case, are fully and accurately recited in the opinion delivered by We claim the lot because we have a notarial sale, whereby it became our property. Code of 1808, p. 346, art. 4. Civ. Code, 2431. French Code, 1583. We attack the sale to the defendants, because it was the sale of the property of another, and therefore null.
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Appeal from the Parish Court of New Orleans, Maurian, J, The nature of the pleadings, and the facts necessary to understand the decision in this case, are fully and accurately recited in the opinion delivered by We claim the lot because we have a notarial sale, whereby it became our property. Code of 1808, p. 346, art. 4. Civ. Code, 2431. French Code, 1583. We attack the sale to the defendants, because it was the sale of the property of another, and therefore null. Code of 1808, 348, art. 20. Civ. Code, 2427. French Code, 1599. These articles are literally the same in the three Codes. The…
1Opinion of the Court
¡Simon, J,
The object of this action is to evict and dispossess the defendants from the property which they recovered, several, years ago, under the judgment of this court in the case of De Ar-*599mas and CiicUllu v. The Mayor, Aldermen, &c. of New Orleans, reported in 5 La. 132.
The pretensions of the plaintiffs are based upon the following allegations : That, in the year 1788, one Thomas Beltran, alias Bertrand, obtained from Estevan Miro, then the Spanish Governor of Louisiana, a permission to inhabit and build a house on the lot of ground which is the subject of this controversy, which…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- De Armas v. Mayor of New-OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1833
- Aubic v. GilSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
- Ferrari's Administratrix v. LambethSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1837
- Monday v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1832
- Graham v. BenjaminSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1850