Levy v. Capliss
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; R. D. Webb, Judge. Suit by Louis Levy and others against E. P. Capliss and another. Judgment for plaintiffs, and the defendants Capliss and A. H. Leonard, warrantor,, appeal.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
PROVOSTY, J.
In effect the object of this suit is to locate the back line of a tract of land bounded in front by Red river, and of known side lines. Otherwise stated, to determine whether the southeast corner shall be at a point marked by a certain ironwood tree, or further back at a point marked .by certain three sweet gum trees. The uncertainty has been brought about by the shifting of the bed of Red river, for there is no dispute that the tract originally contained 640 acres. The area in dispute is 49.97 acres.
In 1853, in the suit of Brooks v. Norris, No. 263. of the docket of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brooks v. NorrisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843