Darby v. Emmer

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, J.

Relators, claiming under Mrs. Coralie Darby, widow of St. Mare Darby, allege that a certain tract of land in the parish of Iberia (which they describe) adjoins a grant made to their authors by the Spanish government and confirmed by the United States, and has always been believed to be part of the same, and that, so believing, they and their authors have paid taxes, pastured cattle, cut trees, and butchered thereon; have let out portions thereof, and collected the rental; and have otherwise had open and undisputed possession as owners, for more than 80 years;…