Read v. Hewitt
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Action by J. H. Read against Zach M. Hewitt and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a petitory action, which was decided in the court below in favor of the defendants on the plea of prescription of 10 years. Plaintiff has appealed, and the case as presented by appellant’s counsel involves only questions of law.
The land in dispute is a part of the E. % of N. E. % of section 9, township 3, range 3, in the parish of Calcasieu. A state patent to this land issued in the name of Wade H. Myers in the year 1883. Myers never has had possession of the patent. In the year 1885 one W. W. Lynch held the patent, with a written transfer thereon, purporting to have been signed by…
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