Leblanc v. Ludrique

The plaintiff and the defendant sot up adverse titles to a tract of land, the ownership of which forms the subject-matter of the present controversy.

On the 27th day of September, 1841, Charles Leblanc, fils, filed in the Land Office at Opelousas, his application for a right of preemption. Subsequently, (on the 10th day of May, 1855,) he purchased the land from the Government and obtained a patent certificate of his purchase. It appears that since the year 1836, he has occupied and cultivated a portion of the land in controversy.

On the other hand, the defendant claims, as surviving widow of…