Rives v. Starcke

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

This is a petitory action. The plaintiffs are claiming by inheritance, and by mesne conveyances emanating from the govern ment, a tract of land which the defendants possess as owners.

The defendants, without answering the suit or denying in any way the facts alleged in the plaintiffs’ petition, pleaded that they, the defendants, had acquired title by prescription, under article 3478 of the Civil Code, by having possessed the land for a period exceeding ten years, under a deed which'was acquired in good faith and was sufficient in form to transfer the title for the land.…