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Minor's Heirs v. City of New Orleans

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 4, 1905No. 15,102PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by the heirs of William J. Minor against the city of New Orleans and' others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

This is a petitory action to recover an undivided fourth interest in and to certain batture land alleged to have been formed by accretions since the year 1854.

The petition sets forth that plaintiffs are the sole heirs of William J. Minor; that their said ancestor in the year 1850 obtained á final judgment against Municipality No. 2-in the United States Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana, recognizing' him-*165as the- owner of an undivided fourth interest in certain hatture land in the First District of the city of New Orleans, lying between and within certain streets and the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Howard v. IngersollSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
  2. Hill v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
  3. People Ex Rel. Burnham v. . JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  4. Louisiana Ice Manufacturing Co. v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
  5. Remy v. Municipality Number TwoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wemple v. EasthamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  2. Louisana & Mississippi R. Transfer Co. v. LongMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
  3. DeSambourg v. BOARD OF COM'RSSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  4. Carrollton Land & Improvement Co. v. Eureka Homestead SocietySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  5. Warriner v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913

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