D'Orgenoy v. Droz
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE BUCHANAN PRESIDING. This is an action of jactitation, or slander of title, and injunction to restrain the defendant from selling the land or piece of ground described in the petition, of which the plaintiffs allege they are the true owners.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE BUCHANAN PRESIDING. This is an action of jactitation, or slander of title, and injunction to restrain the defendant from selling the land or piece of ground described in the petition, of which the plaintiffs allege they are the true owners. They call upon the defendant to come forward and state by what title he claims; and that he be forever enjoined from setting up claim or title to the same; and that the plaintiffs be declared the legal and true owners. The defendant pleaded a general denial; and set up title by purchase from…
1Opinion of the CourtRost, J.
In 1807, Francois Le Breton d’Orgenoy, the- ancestor of the plaintiff, and Antonio Ramis, entered into an agreement, by notarial act, to the following effect:
“ That whereas Ramis had sold to d’Orgenoy, in July, 1805, an arpent and a quarter front of land on the Bayou Road, by four and a half arpents in depth, for the sum of two thousand six hundred dollars; and in January, 1806, three quarters of an arpent front of land on the Bayou Road, with the same depth, for the sum of sixteen hundred dollars, which two sums made together that of four thousand two hundred dollars. For the same…
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