Legal Opinion

Dugas v. Powell

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 31, 1941No. 35887PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ODOM, Justice.

This is a suit brought by 1,079 individuals to establish title to real estate; under Act 38 of 1908. The tract of land involved is situated in the Parish of Jefferson, and,’ it is alleged that neither plaintiffs nor defendants are in actual physical possession, of the property.

In addition to the original, plaintiffs filed two supplemental petitions. These petitions are quite lengthy, covering about 200 pages of the record. We need not discuss plaintiffs’ allegations in detail further than to say that they alleged, in substance, that the tract of land which they claim was owned…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Tillery v. FullerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
  2. Griffing v. TaftSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  3. Smith v. ChappellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
  4. Long v. ChailanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  5. Bendernagel v. ForetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Waterman v. Tidewater Associated Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  2. Dugas v. PowellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  3. Heirs of Boagni v. ThorntonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
  4. Albritton v. ChildersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
  5. Dugas v. PowellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955

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