Rowson v. Barbe
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON APPEAL from the Twelfth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Calcasieu. Read, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
This is a petitory action instituted by plaintiffs, who seek to be decreed the owners of Section 21, in Township 11 South, of Range 3 West, and Section 37, in Township 11 South, of Range 4 West, containing 676 79-100 acres of land.
The land is situated in the parish of Calcasieu, on Lake Arthur. It was formerly thought to be only fit for pasturage purposes, being then wild prairie lands of little demand and scarcely any market value.
But the remarkable development of the rice culture industry in that section of the State has brought about a…
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