Keating v. Cambre

GRISBAUM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment which decreed Lawrence J. Keat-ing, Jr. and Kenneth A. Keating owners of a tract of land located in St. John the Baptist Parish. At issue is the interpretation of a 1964 judgment of possession and the effects of prescription upon a claim of 27 collateral heirs to be placed in possession of their interests in the property.

While single, Camille Alexander (Al-exandre) acquired a one-half interest in the property subject of this dispute. Later, after his marriage to Arcise Jacob, he acquired the remaining one-half interest in the same…