Davis v. Bradford

HARDY, Judge.

This is a petitory action instituted in 1931 by the plaintiffs as widow and children and sole heirs of the decedent, Joe D. Davis, praying to be recognized as the true and lawful owners and as such entitled to full and undisturbed possession of a certain tract of land containing 137.25 acres, more or less, described by metes and bounds, located in LaSalle Parish, and known as the Whitehall Plantation. Plaintiffs further prayed that the defendant be ordered to deliver possession of a portion of the said tract which the said defendant, occupied and to which he claimed title. From a…