Leader Realty Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Prentice E. Edrington, Judge. Action by the Leader Realty Company against Raphael E. Taylor. Prom an adverse judgment, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment rejecting the corporation’s demand, in a petitory action, for a tract of land containing 30.63 acres, and designated as fractional section 30, township 12 south, range 11 east.
Plaintiff claims title by purchase, on the 1st of May, 1907, from' Dr. Andrew W. Smythe, who held a patent for the land from the state, dated the 27th of April, 1874.
Defendant, answering the suit, denied the validity of the state patent that had issued to Dr. Andrew W. Smythe, and set up title in himself, through mesne conveyances, from one Jean Baptiste Castillon, who claimed title…
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