Smith v. Corcoran
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. 'This is action of jactitation and slander of title to land, commenced by Peter Smith, residing in the state of Mississippi, against the defendant, residing in the parish of East Feliciana.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. 'This is action of jactitation and slander of title to land, commenced by Peter Smith, residing in the state of Mississippi, against the defendant, residing in the parish of East Feliciana. The plaintiff alleges, he is the owner, and in the actual possession of a tract of four hundred arpents of land, lying in the parish of East Feliciana; and that a certain Timothy H. Corcoran pretends to be the owner, and sets up a false and clamorous report of his title to said land, and injures and slanders the title of…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiff sets up title to a tract of land, of four hundred arpents, in possession of the . defendant Corcoran, who cites Mooney as his warrantor.
The plaintiff exhibits as his title, a complete grant from the Spanish government to Maria Kelsey, and a conveyance from the grantee to him.
The defendants hold, under a sale by the state treasurer for state taxes, alleged to be due by the plaintiff, a non-resident. The tract was sold as containing six hundred and forty arpents, bought in by Mooney, and by him conveyed to Corcoran, for the price of four…
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