Eames v. Woodson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by David W. Eames against H. D. Woodson. Nicey Woodson intervened. Judgment for defendant and intervener, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a petitory action, instituted in October, 1905, to recover three parcels of real estate situated at Gentilly, in the rear of the Third district of the city of New Orleans. Plaintiff claims title to the first two properties through alleged sales from Mrs. Mariane Gainnie, widow of David Wood-son, executed in 1895, and to the third property through an alleged sale for city taxes made in 1897. The petition alleges that the defendant is in actual physical possession of said properties without any title whatsoever.
The defendant, after pleading the general issue, avers that he and his…
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