Dixon v. Zemurray

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

August Dixon, claiming to.be the owner of certain land in the parish of Tangipahoa by prescription of 30 years acquirendi *460causa, instituted a possessory action to be maintained and quieted in his possession of the said land, described as the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 33, T. 4 S., R.. 9 E., naming as defendant Samuel Zemurray. Within a few days Zemurray in turn brought suit against August Dixon, claiming that Dixon was merely his tenant who had been in default in the payment of rent for,the past three years, so that he (Zemurray), as the owner,…