Young v. Courtney

The plaintiffs claim of the defendant a tract of land lying upon Faussé Riviére, in the parish of Pointe Ooupée, being a double concession, containing 1680 arpents. They claimed title in their original petition through Dr. Benjamin Parrar, who died in the year 1790. By their amended petition they allege that the front tract of land was conveyed by Man'garet Qaillan'd and Abraham Ellis, in 1794, to Benjamin, Anne Prancisha and Marga/i'et Parrar, the children and heirs of Dr. Benjamin Parrar, deceased, from whom they claim by inheritance.

The defendant claims title by mesne conveyances from…