Sanders v. Abbitt

Plaintiffs, the heirs and legal representatives (children and grandchildren) of George and Lucinda. Sanders, both deceased, instituted this suit, an action of jactitation, against defendant, Metz Abbitt, wherein they allege actual, physical possession in themselves of the W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 20, Township 17 North, Range 10 West, in Webster Parish, Louisiana, containing twenty (20) acres; and that the defendant is slandering their title to said land by pretending to be the owner thereof by virtue of a tax sale to him by the tax collector of Webster Parish, in the year 1937,…