Foster v. Meyers
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia; James Simon, Judge. Action by Joseph Warren Foster against Andrew Meyers. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant and his .warrantors appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a petitory action to recover the E. y2 of S. W. %, section. 14, township 13, range 7, in Southwestern land district of Louisiana.
Plaintiff claims title under a patent, of. date February 15, 1902, from the United States, based on .a regular certificate of entry issued in 1901.
Defendant sets up title acquired in 1873 from Ann Peebles et al., who are alleged to have possessed since 1835 under warrants issued by J. J. Taylor, register of the United States Land Office then at Opelousas.
Defendant set up a claim for improvements in the event of eviction, and called his three vendors, two of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hutchinson v. JamisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
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