Seymour v. Bourgeat
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PARISH OF POINT COUPEE, THE , JUDGE OF THE SECOND PRESIDING.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PARISH OF POINT COUPEE, THE , JUDGE OF THE SECOND PRESIDING. The plaintiff alleges that he is the owner of a tract of land in the parish of Point Coupee, containing 2015 acres, which was originally granted by the Congress of the United States to General Lafayette, in 1824. He further shows, that he now is and has been ever since he became the owner, in the peaceable enjoyment and possession thereof; and that, notwithstanding all this, the land has been advertized for sale, by the probate judge, as part of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff obtained an injunction to stay the sale of a •tract of land, of which he alleges himself to be the owner *124and in possession, advertised by the Court of Probates, as part of the estate of Bourgeat, whose heirs being made parties, prayed for the dissolution of the injunction which was ordered, the district judge being of opinion that “ a party has no,right to enjoin proceedings by which his rights cannot be affected ; being in possession of the property, the advertizing or even selling it by the Court of Probates, could not divest him of…
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