Continental Land & Fur Co. v. Lacoste

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

This is a petitory action. The property in contest is a shell mound, having an area of about 10 acres, located on the east bank of the Atchafalaya River, in the Parish of Terrebonne. The defendant claims title by virtue of two patents from the State, issued to his grandparents. Hé pleaded, in the alternative, the prescription of ten years and of thirty years. The judge of the district court sustained the plea of prescription of thirty years and rejected the plaintiff’s demand. The plaintiff is appealing from the decision.

The tract of land described in the two patents on…