Mazzei v. Gruis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thos. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Alfred Mazzei against Victoria Thierry Gruis and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiff claims to be the owner of certain described property in the city of New Orleans. He alleges that he bought it from the widow Andre Samonzet, by act before M. V. Dejan, notary, on April 2, 1906; that his vendor acquired, as the universal legatee of her husband, by judgment rendered and signed January 14, 1889; that Victoria Thierry, wife of Edward Gruis, and Eugene Thierry are slandering his title by claiming to have an interest in the property ; and that by such slander have damaged him to the extent of $1,000.
Defendants answer that plaintiff, by the act before Dejan, did not…
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