Lavergne's Heirs v. Elkins' Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the first judicial district. [221] This is a petitory action, instituted by the heirs of their grandfather, Jean Lavergne, to recover a small tract of land lying on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain, near the mouth of the Bayou St. John, in the possession and claimed by the heirs of the late Harvey Elkins.
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Appeal from the court of the first judicial district. [221] This is a petitory action, instituted by the heirs of their grandfather, Jean Lavergne, to recover a small tract of land lying on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain, near the mouth of the Bayou St. John, in the possession and claimed by the heirs of the late Harvey Elkins. The plaintiffs allege that their grandfather, Jean Lavergne, obtained on the 1st of August, 1771, from Don Louis Unzaga y Amezaga, Spanish governor of the province of Louisiana, a grant or concession of land near the mouth of Bayou St. Jean, on Lake Pontchartrain,…
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
The plaintiffs claim a tract of land lying on the Lake Pontehartrain, at the mouth of the Bayou St. John, having a front of three arpents, ten toises and two feet, with a depth of fifteen arpents, eleven toises and three inches, [225] which they say was granted to Jean Lavergne, their paternal grandfather, by Unzaga, governor of the province of Louisiana, on the 1st of August, 1771, which they allege is in possession of the defendants. The latter claim the premises under a sale made by the secretary of war in the month of August, 1831, under the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “ an…
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