Newport v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOP PRESIDING. This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiff claims one hundred and sixty acres of land, now in the possession of the defendant, Cooper.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOP PRESIDING. This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiff claims one hundred and sixty acres of land, now in the possession of the defendant, Cooper. The plaintiff alleges he purchased said land from the government of the United States, as evidenced by the receipt of the receiver of public, money at St. Helena, dated the 16th day of November, 1831. The defendants pleaded a general denial. They aver, that should it appear that any of the land claimed by the plaintiff is in possession of the defendants, it…
1Opinion of the Court
Bullard, J,,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiff sets up title to one hundred and sixty acres of land in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in virtue of a purchase from the United States. The defendants deny that they are in possession of any land for which the plaintiff has a just and legal title; but they aver that if it should appear that the land claimed by the plaintiff, or any part thereof, is in their possession, the same makes part of a donation of six hundred and forty acres granted to the defendants by the several acts of congress, passed…
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