Chadwick v. Gulf States Land & Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Théard, J. Statement of the Case. The plaintiffs in this suit are Edmond H. Chadwick and Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson (widow of William S. Gilman) ; the defendants are the Gulf States Land and Improvement Company, and Domingo Negrotto, Jr. The petition alleged on behalf of Mrs. Gilman that she was, on and after the 21st of March, 1879, and up to the 3d of November, 1891, the owner of certain described property; that…
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Théard, J. Statement of the Case. The plaintiffs in this suit are Edmond H. Chadwick and Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson (widow of William S. Gilman) ; the defendants are the Gulf States Land and Improvement Company, and Domingo Negrotto, Jr. The petition alleged on behalf of Mrs. Gilman that she was, on and after the 21st of March, 1879, and up to the 3d of November, 1891, the owner of certain described property; that she sold said property on the 3d of November, 1891, to Edmond H. Chadwick, and transferred to him all her right, title…
1Opinion of the Court
*760The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
We direct our attention, fii’st to the judgments rendered by the State courts. The action brought there by the plaintiffs, the Gulf States Land and Improvement Company, was one known in law as an action of jactitation or slander of title.
Livingston vs. Heerman, 9 Martin (O. S.), 713, was an action of that kind. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the land referred to in the plaintiff’s petition, and judgment having been rendered accordingly, defendant appealed. On appeal, counsel on his behalf said: “ Defendant,…
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