Folger v. St. Paul
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Proceedings to establish title by Mrs. Clemance Folger and others against John St. Paul and others, in which Mrs. Fannie Brown intervened. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This is a proceeding under Act No. 38, p. 38, of 1908, to establish the title to 12 vacant lots of ground in the city of New Orleans.
The plaintiffs are the widow and heirs of J. B. Moore; the defendants are the heirs of Henry St. Paul.
The plaintiffs trace title to the government grantee; and defendants no further back than 1848, when Henry St. Paul acquired at a sheriff’s sale made in a proceeding against a person not owner.
[1] Defendants object to plaintiffs being' allowed to prove title further back than 1859, on the ground that title further hack than this has not been alleged. The…
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