Legal Opinion
Albritton v. Steere
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 2, 1923No. 25527PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, C. J.
This is, in its main aspects, a repetition of the suit of Albritton v. Shaw, 148 La. 427, 87 South. 32. In that case the present plaintiff sued the warrantor dl the present defendant for the same tract of land that is claimed in this suit; that is, the N. E. % of N. E. % of Sec. 25, T. 21 N., R. 8 W., containing 40.37 acres.
In his first suit plaintiff claimed title by virtue of a state patent dated the 1st day of February, 1919, and claimed that the state had acquired title by the swamp land grant of the 2d of March, 1849. The defendant in that suit (who afterwards sold the land to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnson v. TowsleySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- French v. FyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- United States v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- United States v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Albritton v. ShawSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
3Cited by5 opinions
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- McGlothlin v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Theriot v. CafferySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Bryant v. LongLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Security Trust Co. v. RockettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927