CASE v. JEANERETTE LUMBER & SHINGLE CO.

No. 4008.

79 So.2d 650 (1955)

Mrs. Ethel CASE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JEANERETTE LUMBER & SHINGLE CO., Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Obier & Middleton, Plaquemine, for appellant.

Bailey & Mouton, Lafayette, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, for appellee.


TATE, Judge.

This is an action in jactitation. Plaintiffs appealed from judgment which sustained defendant's exception of want of possession and dismissed the suit.

Jactitory (or slander of title) actions are governed by the codal provisions governing possessory actions, Article 46 et seq., C.P. One of the essential elements is that plaintiff must show real and actual undisturbed possession of the property for more than one year preceding the slander or disturbance...

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