Saulet v. City of New Orleans

The plaintiffs, as heirs of Thomas Saulet, claim to be the own. ers of a triangular lot of ground, comprised between and bounded by Prytanea, Camp and Olio streets. The defendants aver in their answer, that the ground so claimed was laid off as a public street by the plaintiffs’ ancestor, and that it has been so used and in the possession of the city for more than thirty years. To establish the dedication of this property to the public use, the defendants also rely on a plan of the Faubourg Saulet, made by B. Lafon, on the 12th of September, 1810, according to which plan they contend, the…