Ducre v. Milner

Drauzin Ducre, alleging ownership of a tract of land containing 956 acres more or less, designated on the survey and maps prepared under the supervision of the United States Land Office as headright No. 43, Tp. 8 S., R. 13 E., situated in the parish of St. Tammany, and that Purnel M. Milner was in wrongful possession of a part of the tract, brought suit against Milner for the recovery of that part of the tract of which he was alleged to have possession. He alleged that the tract of land had been jointly and together acquired by himself and his brother, Toussaint Ducre, and his two sisters,…