Legal Opinion

Heirs of Sarpy v. City of New Orleans

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1859PublishedCited by 3 opinions

PPEAL from the Sixth District Court of New Orleans, Howell, J.

1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.

This suit is the sequel of that instituted by the same plaintiffs against the city, and reported in 11 An. 699.

In that case, the court decided the principles upon which the division line between the battures of faubourgs St. Mary and Dolord is to be laid out. The plaintiffs, however, had claimed, in the first suit, but a part of the ground to which that division line entitled them. This suit is for the remainder.

As this case presented no new facts and no new question of law, so far as the right to the land is concerned, the city did not contest plaintiff’s-title.

The District Judge, in his…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Melancon's Heirs v. Robichaud's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Juneau v. LabordeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  2. Hatch v. MorganLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1942
  3. Mossler Acceptance Corporation v. NaquinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1947

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