Zylks v. Kaempfer

ROGERS, Justice.

plaintiffs bring this suit to establish title to 152.72 acres of land in section 9, township 23, range 16, Caddo parish, La., under the provisions of Act No. 38 of 1908, which authorizes such a suit where neither of the claimants is in actual possession of the property.

The 152.72 acres in dispute, together with an additional 7.08 acres, or a total of 159.80 acres, were acquired from the United States government in 1887 by Andrew J. Parker, whose wife was Cynthia Rebecca Parker. Mrs. Parker died in 1890, leaving ten children, issue of their marriage. All but one of these…