Vestal v. Producers' Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Petitory action by Jay. Vestal against the Producers’ Oil Company and others. A judgment for defendants in the district court was reversed on appeal to the Court of Appeals, and defendants apply for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
This is a petitory action, brought by Jay Vestal against his coheirs and the Producers’ Oil Company, to be declared the owner of an undivided interest in two pieces of property, held by defendants respectively, and which he claims to have inherited from his grandparents. Defendants answered separately, claiming ownership under a tax title acquired in the year 1881, and they also pleaded the prescription of 10 and 30 years under the articles of the Code, Nos. 1305, 3474, and 3499. The Producers’ Oil Company, in addition, pleaded the prescription of three years, under article 233 of the…
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