Caldwell v. Hennen

This is an action of slander of title. The plaintiff alleges that he is the owner and possessor of two city lots, at the corner of Dauphine and Canal streets, but that Duncan N. Hennen holds out to the public, that he has a just title to one undivided half of said lots, but refuses to bring suit to make good his pretended title.

The defendant, Duncan N. Hennen, by his answer in reconvention, asserts title to one undivided half of the lots in question, as the heir of his mother; averring, that the two lots belonged to the community of acquets and gains, formerly existing between his mother,…