Lawrence v. Young
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Thomas M, Milling, Judge. Petitory action by Robert B. Lawrence and others against Mrs. M. M. Young. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. Judgment annulled, and judgment rendered for plaintiffs as to title, rents, and interest.
1Opinion of the Court
• Statement of the Case.
MONROE, O. J..
Plaintiffs (Robert B. Lawrence and his sister, Mrs. Lydia Lawrence Eecles) bring this petitory action for the recovery of the triangular lot designated by the letters A, B, C on the subjoined sketch, which, by reason of the batture accretion, has increased in area, beyond that indicated by the sketch, from 1.7 to more than 6 acres.
They allege that the lot was originally acquired by their uncle, Robert B. Brashear, from Olympus Young, since deceased, husband of defendant, and that the batture was thereafter acquired at a sale, by order of court in the…
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