Dufrene v. Moore

KLIEBERT, Chief Judge.

We are called upon in this appeal to determine which of two families is entitled to the ownership of certain immovable property located in Jefferson Parish. Plaintiffs, the Hogan heirs,1 appeal the trial court decision that the Mayronne heirs, defendants,2 acquired the property by prescription of ten years acquirendi causa. For the following reasons, we affirm.

The Hogan ancestors purchased approximately 500 acres of marsh and swamp land from Louisiana Land & Exploration Company (LL & E) on July 24, 1931, which is described as follows:

A CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, situated…