Brewster v. Hewes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles; Gregory Horatio Couvillon, Judge. Action by Hazard Brewster against Thomas H. Hewes and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement.
MONROE, J.
This is a petitory action begun in January, 1903, to recover 360 acres of land, forming part of section 35, T. 1 S., R. 6 E., in the parish of Avoyelles. The defendants and their warrantors set up title in themselves, plead prescription, and urge some other matters, which need not be particularized. There was judgment in the district court maintaining the plea of prescription of 10 years, and the plaintiff has appealed.
The evidence shows that the plaintiff and his brother Young Brewster acquired section 35 in 1857, and lived on it until 1861, when they went into the…
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