Legal Opinion
Ponder v. Jenkins
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 16, 1985No. CA 84 0138PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLE, Judge.
This is a petitory action in which the principal issue is whether the defendant has acquired ownership of a tract of land by establishing ten year acquisitive prescription. Initially, the suit began as an assertion of ownership by L.B. Ponder, Jr. over the tract of land by virtue of an alleged partition agreement executed in 1948 by Ponder and defendant’s ancestor in title.
The plaintiff, L.B. Ponder, Jr., filed a petition styled “Declaratory Realty Action,” on January 29, 1982, seeking to be *1277declared owner of a tract of land. The defendant, Bryant E. Jenkins, answered, raising the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Walmsley v. Pan American Petroleum CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Pitre v. Tenneco Oil Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
- Todd v. State Through Dept. of Natural Res.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- Boudreaux v. Olin Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Meaux v. Southdown Lands, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- McLaughlin v. Schwegmann Giant Supermarkets, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- Ponder v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985