Rimmer v. Jowers

DOUCET, Judge.

This is a petitory action. Plaintiff, Margie Rimmer, filed suit on December 16, 1975, claiming ownership by record title of 2.28 acres in the possession of defendant, Sammie Jowers. Defendant filed an answer denying plaintiff’s record title and a reconventional demand alleging ownership by acquisitive prescription of 30 years. Following a trial, the trial judge finding that plaintiff had failed to prove title “good against the world”, as required in a petitory action against a defendant in possession, dismissed plaintiff’s suit. Judgment was not rendered on defendant’s…