Compton v. Mathews
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE FIFTH PRESIDING. The plaintiff, L. B. Compton, instituted his petitory action in the District Court for parish of Rapides, in 1820, to recover from the defendant a part of a tract of land containing one thousand five hundred arpens, lying on Bayou Boeuf at the Biloxi Indian Village, which he alleges is in possession of and claimed by the defendant.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE FIFTH PRESIDING. The plaintiff, L. B. Compton, instituted his petitory action in the District Court for parish of Rapides, in 1820, to recover from the defendant a part of a tract of land containing one thousand five hundred arpens, lying on Bayou Boeuf at the Biloxi Indian Village, which he alleges is in possession of and claimed by the defendant. The defendant pleads a general denial; and alleges the parties own land adjoining each other, their titles being derived from the same source; that his is the oldest, and gives him a…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
This case has consumed much time in the discussion, but it has not been unprofitably employed; for although the questions of law arising on the facts, are clear and free from doubt, these facts are numerous and complicated ; and required the aid of counsel to be fully understood.
The action is a petitory one, for a portion of land lying and situated in the parish of Rapides, on the Bayou Boeuf, containing 392^- arpens having between nine and ten arpens front on the water course, and running back forty Both parties own a larger tract adjoining, on which they have established plantations.
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