Gibson v. Hutchins

This is a petitory action for a tract of land belonging to what is commonly known as the “ Bringier Grant.” A patent from the United States Government issued in 1853 to the assignees of the original grantee, in pursuance of a judgment which they had obtained against the United States nnder the special laws allowing the institution of suits for such purposes.

The plaintiff holds under a sale made to effect a partition between all the co-proprietors of this claim. We see no such defect in the plaintiff’s title as would preclude him from succeeding in a petitory action against a mere possessor…