Broadway's Heirs v. Pool
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dis. APP1AI TOOK THE COURT OP THE THIRD 'DISTRICT, POR THE PARISH OP ■ past PDIICIANA, THE JUDGE THEREOP PRESIDING. This is an action in the nature of a petitory one, but also partaking of the character of an action of boundary. As the case has been remanded for a new trial on the merits, it is unnecessary to go into a full Eeport of it now. The opinion of the court fully explains the law points settled in it.
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Eastern Dis. APP1AI TOOK THE COURT OP THE THIRD 'DISTRICT, POR THE PARISH OP ■ past PDIICIANA, THE JUDGE THEREOP PRESIDING. This is an action in the nature of a petitory one, but also partaking of the character of an action of boundary. As the case has been remanded for a new trial on the merits, it is unnecessary to go into a full Eeport of it now. The opinion of the court fully explains the law points settled in it. In the court below the plaintiffs had judgment, from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
This suit is instituted to recover thirty-two' and 80/100. acres of land, which the plaintiffs say, belongs to them. The plaintiffs claim under William Hutson, who. holds from R. M.. Collins, and he under the same William Hutson, who it is alleged transferred his claim to Collins and then, took it back again. The title arises from what is generally called a donation claim under the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th sections of an act of Congress, approved 3d March, 1819, in relation to the settlement of land claims in the district east of the island of New Orleans ; 1 Land Laws, 758. It is alleged…
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