Broussard v. Broussard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty- fifth JDistrict Court, Parish of Vermilion. Mouton, J. 1. Title is vested by a certificate of entry, and under such certificate the land enters fully into the domain of private property, and becomes subject to contracts; and such certificate is sufficient evidence of title to support a petitory action. 35 An. 931; 4 X. S. 260; 10B. 159; 11 B. 321; -19B. 334; 4 An. 262; 5 An. 197; 9 An. 137; 13 Peters, 436; 8 Howard, 461. 2. Where a judgment is…
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APPEAL from the Twenty- fifth JDistrict Court, Parish of Vermilion. Mouton, J. 1. Title is vested by a certificate of entry, and under such certificate the land enters fully into the domain of private property, and becomes subject to contracts; and such certificate is sufficient evidence of title to support a petitory action. 35 An. 931; 4 X. S. 260; 10B. 159; 11 B. 321; -19B. 334; 4 An. 262; 5 An. 197; 9 An. 137; 13 Peters, 436; 8 Howard, 461. 2. Where a judgment is rendered against a party claiming land under a certificate of entry, such judgment will constitute res culjudieata, and bar…
1Opinion of the Court
*922The opinion of the court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
Prior to 1880, the present plaintiff, Cleophas Broussard, was in possession of the tract of land here in controversy under a certificate of entry issued by the register of the United States Land Office pursuant to the Act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, “To secure Homesteads to actual settlers on the Public Domain.”
Désiré Thibodeaux (who died during the pending of the suit and was succeeded as party thereto by the present defendant as his widow and natural tutrix of their children) brought a petitory action against Cleophas Broussard,…
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