Harman's Heirs v. O'Moran
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiffs claim 12 lots of gi^pnd, comprized in a block or. part of a square, fronting on Circus street, and bounded by St. Paul and Hevia streets, which they allege their father, Thomas L. Harman, purchased in 1819 from Edward Livingston, and now in the possession ° and claimed by the defendants Owen O’Moran, M. Ryan, T. Park, J. Field, and L. Janin.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiffs claim 12 lots of gi^pnd, comprized in a block or. part of a square, fronting on Circus street, and bounded by St. Paul and Hevia streets, which they allege their father, Thomas L. Harman, purchased in 1819 from Edward Livingston, and now in the possession ° and claimed by the defendants Owen O’Moran, M. Ryan, T. Park, J. Field, and L. Janin. The defendants mostly severed in their answers, but all claimed title under a Probate sale of Jean Gravier’s estate. The evidence went to show, that…
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
The plaintiffs allege, that as heirs of their father they are the owners of a piece of ground, having a front of thirty-seven feet on Circus street, running back to St. Paul street by lines, that gradually close, so that on the latter street there is a front of sixteen feet. They say, the defendants have taken possession of said piece of ground, and set up title to it. The defendants, Ryan, and Park, and Field, in their separate answers admit, they are in possession of portions of the ground claimed, which has been divided into six lots of different dimensions,; they set up titles, derived…
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