Harrison v. Faulk
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING. The present plaintiffs were sued and evicted from their possession of 240 arpens of land by Arpiñes’ heirs. They omitted in their defence to claim the value of the improvements they had put on the land, and which had not been allowed in the judgment and eviction.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING. The present plaintiffs were sued and evicted from their possession of 240 arpens of land by Arpiñes’ heirs. They omitted in their defence to claim the value of the improvements they had put on the land, and which had not been allowed in the judgment and eviction. Arpiñes’ heirs sold the land and improvements by them recovered, to the defendants, who dispossessed Harrison and wife without paying them for their improvements. This suit is brought to recover them from the present defendants as the actual…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin J.
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The plaintiffs claim the value of improvements made by them, while they were bonafide possessors of a tract of land which has since been recovered from them by the legal owners of it, the heirs of Arpine: and who afterwards sold it to one of the defendants, with all the improvements, without any mention or notice of the plaintiff's claim. He resisted it on the ground of absence of any liability on his part. The other defendant disclaimed any right and avowed himself the tenant of his co-defendant. There was judgment against the plaintiffs and they…
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