Duplessis v. Boutte
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIPTII JUDICIAL DISTRICT, POR-THE PARISH OP ST. MARTIN, THE JUDGE OP THE SEVENTH DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action of partition.
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Western Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIPTII JUDICIAL DISTRICT, POR-THE PARISH OP ST. MARTIN, THE JUDGE OP THE SEVENTH DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action of partition. The plaintiff alleges, that an order of survey was granted by governor Galvez, then governor of the province of Louisiana, in 1777, to Degruys, Fréres, (four brothers,) of forty arpents of land on each side of the bayou Teche, with the usual depth ; and that said grant was regularly confirmed to the grantees, by the government of the United States. He further shows, that one fourth of this tract, or ten arpents on each…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff’ as vendee of D. Degruys, to whom, and his three brothers, a tract of land had been granted, brought this action against Frangois C. Boutté, who set up title to three fourths of this land, as vendee of the other three brothers.
Sostheoe Roman, as syndic of the creditors of Jean Baptiste Degruys, who is one of the vendors of Boutté, contested the title of the latter to the share he purchased from the insolvent. The district court admitted the title of Boutté as valid, and from judgment rendered in his favor, the syndic appealed.
The only question presented for our decision, is,…
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