Kemper v. Atchafalaya Basin Levee Dist.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This suit is for the purpose of having adjudicated by the court title to the SWJ4 of Section 6, Township 15 South, Range 12 East, situated in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, containing 160 acres more or less, this action being known as one to establish title to real estate under Act 38 of 1908.

Judgment was rendered in the district court in favor of defendant, the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, recognizing it to be the owner of the land, the title to which is in controversy, and dismissing plaintiffs’ suit at their costs. Plaintiffs have appealed.

The pertinent facts, which…