Melançon v. Bringier

The plaintiffs in these petitory actions claim certain lands in the parish of St. James by virtue of certificates of purchase from the United States, the same being for back concessions granted to front proprietors upon the Mississippi River, under the Acts of Congress.

The only objection urged to the regularity of the plaintiffs’ titles, by the defendant and appellant, concerns the title of Bingay alone. It is urged that his claim of title is defective, because it shows an outstanding claim in favor of the widow Simon Arsenaux which has never been conveyed to him.

For the reasons given by the…