Fruge v. Fulton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District ■Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Winston Overton, Judge ad hoc. Action by Ulysse Fruge against Oscar Fulton and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff, claiming to have entered under the Homestead Law of the United States a tract of land described in his petition, brought this suit to have himself recognized as its owner, and at the same time to have canceled as null and void all conveyances and mortgages made of this land.
Plaintiff avers that he made his application for entry on the 25th day of March, 1873; that he moved upon the land in 1877, made final proof on the 18th day of June, 1881, and patent issued on the 20th of February, 1883.
Petitioner claims that under Act No. 21, p. 55, of the General Assembly of 1871, and that…
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