Legal Opinion

Scott v. Hogan

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 25, 1998No. 97-CA-852Published

1Opinion of the Court

1, GAUDIN, Judge.

This is an appeal by Harry Scott Jr. and other children of Harry Scott Sr. from a judgment of the 29th Judicial District Court dismissing their petition for ownership of real property because of 30 years’ acquisitive *504prescription. The record fully supports this judgment and we affirm it.

The trial judge found, according to his assigned “Reasons for Judgment”, that the Scotts did “... not have sufficient continuous, public possession ... for 30 years” of any parts of lots 87 and/or 89 of the so-called Ranson Tract, together containing 19.554 acres fronting on Highway 90, St.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Sterling v. Estate of VicknairLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994

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