Poultney's Heirs v. Cecil's
Supreme Court of Louisiana
a'ppeal from the court of the first judicial district. This is an action of revendication.' The two minor children and heirs at law of the late John Poultney, by their mother and natural tutrix, instituted this suit on the 3d of December, 1832,_ to recover a large lot of ground situated in tbe now city of Lafayette, and: which made part of the property of their deceased father at his death, and now in the possession of the defendant, William Cecil.
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a'ppeal from the court of the first judicial district. This is an action of revendication.' The two minor children and heirs at law of the late John Poultney, by their mother and natural tutrix, instituted this suit on the 3d of December, 1832,_ to recover a large lot of ground situated in tbe now city of Lafayette, and: which made part of the property of their deceased father at his death, and now in the possession of the defendant, William Cecil. The ground in controversy forms part of a plantation purchased by John Poultney, by public act, dated the 27th of May, 1818, from Madame Rousseau.…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This cause, in connexion with others strongly analagous, involving a variety of difficult and embarrassing questions of law, on the solution of which, it is understood, depends a vast amount of property, has occupied for several weeks, the anxious and undivided attention of this court. Both parties come forward under circumstances of equity: on the part of the plaintiffs, they appeal to their tender age and legal incapacity, and invoke the protection of the laws as the guardian of their rights. The defendants, on the other hand, exhibit themselves as utter strangers to the original…
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