Walden v. Peters

The plaintiff, Walden, represents in his petition that he is the lawful owner and possessor of a tract of land in the parish of Jefferson, of about eight arpens front by a depth of about one hundred. That the defendants do publicly declare and give out that they are the owners of said tract of land, and that many persons are induced to believe, in consequence of the speeches and declarations of the defendants, that h'e is not the owner, but that it belongs to them. That if it were not for these declarations he could advantageously sell said tract of land, and that he has thereby sustained…