Judice v. Chrétien

The plaintiff claims 'damages for a trespass committed on lands which he alleges to be his, and prays that he may be declared the lawful possessor, as owner thereof. There was a judgment against him, and he has appealed.

The case is before us on a bill of exceptions, taken by his counsel to the opinion of the District Court refusing to admit in evi*16dence a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Opelousas, attesting that the plaintiff’s claim to the premises had been allowed by the then Register and Receiver of the Office, as appeared from the books in the possession and keeping of…