Mrs. Noemie Judice DUGAS et al.
v.
Edgar H. POWELL et al.,
John C. Hollingsworth, Intervenor and Third Opponent.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 7, 1955.
Rehearing Denied December 12, 1955.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
A. H. Reed, Floyd J. Reed, Corwin B. Reed, New Orleans, Jack Voyles, Port Arthur, Tex., Dale, Richardson & Dale, E. Leland Richardson, Vidalia, for plaintiffs-appellants.
Frank S. Craig, Jr., Baton Rouge, McDonald & Buchler, Metairie, for defendants.
Samuel J. Tennant, Jr., New Orleans, for intervenor and appellee.
Hilary J. Gaudin, Baldwin, Haspel & Molony, Richard C. Baldwin, New Orleans, amici curiae.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
This litigation1 commenced as a dispute between two large groups of people, descendants of branches of the Boutté family, who lay adverse claim to a strip of land comprising some 400 acres, situated on the island of Barataria (sometimes referred to as the island of Boutté), Jefferson Parish, partly in T. 16 S., R. 23 E., and partly in T. 16 S., R. 22 E., which might be described as overlooked or lost land...
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