Porter v. Depeyster
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OE THE PXRST DISTRICT. This is an action in the nature of jactitation or slander of title. The plaintiff, originally Mademoiselle Camile Prieur, now widow Porter, residing at Toulouse in France, and relic of the late Benjamin P. Porter of New Orleans, alleges that being the lawful owner of two lots of ground in New Orleans, formerly held and owned jointly by her late husband with William A. Depeyster, she has sold said lots, but the defendant, Wm.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OE THE PXRST DISTRICT. This is an action in the nature of jactitation or slander of title. The plaintiff, originally Mademoiselle Camile Prieur, now widow Porter, residing at Toulouse in France, and relic of the late Benjamin P. Porter of New Orleans, alleges that being the lawful owner of two lots of ground in New Orleans, formerly held and owned jointly by her late husband with William A. Depeyster, she has sold said lots, but the defendant, Wm. A. Depeyster, son of the late co-proprietor with her husband, pretends to have claims on these lots, to her great jnjury)…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
The petition charges, that plaintiff being the lawful proprietor of two lots of ground in the city of New Orleans sold one of them to Nathaniel Dick for $30,000, and the other to John Parker for $16,300; that without any just ground whatever, defendant pretends to have some claim on the said lots, to the great injury of the petitioner who is thereby prevented from receiving a balance of the price yet due to her because the purchasers by reason of this pretended claim of defendant refuse to pay the same; that defendant has been amicably requested to desist from thus setting up any claim to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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