Keating v. Cambre

L. JULIAN SAMUEL, Judge.

The two plaintiffs filed this suit for a declaratory judgment decreeing them to be the owners of a certain tract of land in the Parish of St. John the Baptist. There are twenty-seven named defendants. Allegedly, twenty-six of the defendants have caused themselves to be placed in possession of an undivided interest in the land in suit by a judgment in a succession proceeding, and the remaining defendant is a presumptive heir.

Twelve of the defendants failed to appear timely and a default judgment was confirmed against them. These twelve defendants have appealed from that…