Haynes v. Hood

This is a petitory action in which plaintiff seeks to recover “all that part of Section 51 which lies in Section 33, T. 17, N. R. 3 East, Ouachita Parish, containing about 120 acres of land.”. The lower court rejected plaintiff’s demand, and rendered judgment maintaining title set up by defendant, and decreeing him to be the true and lawful owner of the property in dispute, which the trial judge found to contain 187.55 acres of land. See map, Tr., p. 55.

Judgment was also rendered in favor of defendant in the sum of $93 on his reconventional demand against plaintiff for the value of certain…