Gravenberg v. Savoie

This is a petitory action, commenced on the 5th of April, 1847. The plaintiff claims to be the lawful owner and possessor of three certain tracts of land on the Bayou Teche, in the parish of St. Mary, having a front of about thirty arpents on each side of said bayou, with the ordinary depth of forty arponts. He says that he has been disturbed in his possession by the defendant, who has forcibly entered upon a portion of said land, built a small house upon the same, and refuses to leave the promises. The petitioner prays for an Injunction to prevent the cutting of timber, waste, &c., and that…