Legal Opinion

Patterson v. Landru

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 11, 1904No. 15,005PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Conrad De Baillon, Judge. Action by William E. Patterson and others against Joseph T. Landru and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant Landru appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.

Plaintiffs allege their ownership and possession of a. certain tract of land acquired from one Ereekson, and they complain that, in order to cast a cloud upon their title and injure them, the defendant Landru, who claims a pretended right or interest in said property, has caused to be recorded a pretended letter from their vendor, Ereekson, and an affidavit by Landru himself claiming title to said land. They describe fully this letter and affidavit, and pray that the same be decreed to be null, and the defendant not to have any title by virtue of same, and that the recorder be ordered to show…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dalton v. WickliffeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
  2. Spanier v. DeVoeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
  3. Leibe v. HebersmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Siegel v. HelisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  2. South Louisiana Land Co. v. Riggs Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  3. Schneidau v. New Orleans Land Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  4. Chauvin v. KirchhoffLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
  5. Bostwick v. ThomsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921

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