Wells v. Compton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from tbe District Court of Rapides, Waters, J., presiding. Garland, J. The petitioners represent themselves to be the owners of a tract of land containing six hundred arpens, more or less, on the left bank of the bayou Bbeuf, adjoining Dent’s estate below, and bounded above by the defendants’. They aver that the upper limit of their land is at the first turn of the bayou below the main Biloxi village, where the lower limit of the land of the defendants commences.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of Rapides, Waters, J., presiding. Garland, J. The petitioners represent themselves to be the owners of a tract of land containing six hundred arpens, more or less, on the left bank of the bayou Bbeuf, adjoining Dent’s estate below, and bounded above by the defendants’. They aver that the upper limit of their land is at the first turn of the bayou below the main Biloxi village, where the lower limit of the land of the defendants commences. They allege that the defendants were informed, and well knew of their rights, particularly from a survey made in their…
1Opinion of the Court
Garland, J.*
In this court, in addition to the able opinion of the judge, we have had the benefit of an argument distinguished for its ability, and of the counsel of one of our associates, who was not present when the cause was tried.
The first question by which we are met, is a plea of res judicata. It appears that in the year 1830, the plaintiffs, with their three co-heirs in the succession of Samuel Levi Wells, instituted a petitory action against the defendants, in which they claimed of them fifteen hundred arpens of land — five hundred arpens on the west side of the bayou Bceuf, and one…
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- Preston's Heirs v. BowmarSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Plicque & Lebeau v. PerretSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
- Compton v. MathewsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1831
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