Rolland's Heirs v. McCarty
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dis. irmi rnox the court oe the eirst judicial district. The plaintiffs allege, their ancestor J. B. Holland was the owner, at his death in 1814, of a large square of ground fronting on Tchoupitoulas street, and extending from the opposite side to the water’s edge of the river Mississippi, in NewOrleans.
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Eastern Dis. irmi rnox the court oe the eirst judicial district. The plaintiffs allege, their ancestor J. B. Holland was the owner, at his death in 1814, of a large square of ground fronting on Tchoupitoulas street, and extending from the opposite side to the water’s edge of the river Mississippi, in NewOrleans. That at the probate sale of his succession in 1817, the defendant became the purchaser of a part of this square, which their ancestor had purchased from Marie Josephine Deslondes, wife of Bertrand Gravier, in 1788; having 60 feet front on Tchou-pitoulas street, by the depth of 160.;…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The heirs of J. B. Rolland allege in their petition, that their ancestor, in September, 1788, purchased from the wife of Bertrand Gravier, a lot having ninety feet front on the levee of the river, by one hundred and sixty feet depth, bounded at that time on one side by lands of the vendor, and on the other by land of Raphael Ramos, and situated without the incorporated limits of the city of New Orleans. That said lot belonged to *79a rural estate, the sale of which conveyed to the purchaser the right of alluvion ; there being no reservation in the act of They further allege, that in point of…
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