Legal Opinion

Ratcliff v. Gordon

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 2, 1972No. 8952PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ELLIS, Judge:

This suit was originally brought by plaintiff Johnnie Ratcliff against Mrs. Addie Wells Gordon, and the heirs of James Monroe Gordon, her late husband, for trespass and damage arising therefrom. He further prayed that defendants be ordered to remove a fence from his property and be enjoined from trespassing further thereon. Defendants reconvened, alleging that they had been in possession of the disputed strip of ground from time immemorial, and asked that the boundary between the two properties be fixed along the edge of the property possessed by them and their ancestors in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Opdenwyer v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
  2. Sessum v. HemperleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
  3. Stanford v. RobertsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
  4. De Bakey v. PraterLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1933

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Delaune v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
  2. Ratcliff v. GordonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972

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