Lefebvre v. Comeau
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Westf.hn Dist. AEPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, EOR THE PARISH OE LAFAYETTE, TIIE JUDGE OE THE SIXTH DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action to prevent encroachment and disturbance, and to be quieted in the possession and ownership of a tract of land, situated in the parish of Lafayette, at a place called Cóte Gelée.
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Westf.hn Dist. AEPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, EOR THE PARISH OE LAFAYETTE, TIIE JUDGE OE THE SIXTH DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action to prevent encroachment and disturbance, and to be quieted in the possession and ownership of a tract of land, situated in the parish of Lafayette, at a place called Cóte Gelée. The plaintiff alleges, that he purchased a tract of land, containing six hundred and eighteen acres, from the government of the United States, by right of settlement, as far back as 1818 ; that he had it located and surveyed, and on the 15th June, 1829,…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiff sets up title to a tract of land, in the parish of Lafayette, described to be *323the north-east and north-west quarters of section thirty-four, and the south-east and south-west quarters of section twenty-seven, in township 10 south, range 5 east. He asserts title to the same, under a purchase from the United States, in pursuance of the act of Congress of 1814, granting pre-emption rights to actual settlers.
xi.c sale of a l,ract °(Iímd the register and receiver, under g,’anüng0 pre-even without a lleiice’ of* tide, emmínf'taíüie, purchaser will…
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