Legal Opinion
Board of Trustees of Ruston Circuit, Etc. v. Rudy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 6, 1939No. 35113PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS,' Justice.
The Board of Trustees of Ruston Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and S. D. Pearce, President of the Board, instituted a slander of title action against Mrs. Jessie Rudy and others, alleging that the Church was the owner and in possession of a certain lot of ground in the Town of Ruston, through acts of donation made to it by Robert E. Russ on August 28, 1885 and November 26, 1887; and that the defendants, heirs of the donor, were slandering the title of the Church “by claiming to own a reversionary interest therein and publicly proclaiming and contending that in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Jaenke v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Voinche v. Town of MarksvilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Miller v. Albert Hanson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Dalton v. WickliffeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Haas Land Company v. O'QUINLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Board of Trustees Columbia Road Methodist Episcopal Church v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
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