Anderson v. Bock
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louis- ■ i'ana. The facts in the case are set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The plaintiffs commenced a petitory action, as heirs at law of Thomas Anderson, to recover a lot of land in the city of New Orleans, of which they aver he died seised and that the defendant wrongfully detains
The defendant denied their claim to the property, and pleaded prescription under a just and valid title, with undisputed possession for upwards of thirty years.
Upon the trial, the plaintiffs produced a conveyance'of the lot by a notarial act from the city of New Orleans to Sticher and Anderson, dated in 1810, upon the consideration of fifteen hundred and eighty dollars. This sum was to…
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