BEL v. MANUEL

No. 43214.

99 So.2d 58 (1958)

234 La. 135

John Albert BEL et al. v. Evence MANUEL et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Liskow & Lewis, Richard E. Gerard, Lake Charles, for appellants and defendants in reconvention.

Bernard N. Marcantel, Jennings, for appellees and plaintiffs in reconvention.


McCALEB, Justice.

This suit, which began as an action of slander of title, was converted by defendants' pleadings into a petitory action. The title pleaded by defendants, hereafter referred to as the Bertrand heirs, is conceded by plaintiffs to be a valid paper title to the land in contest and the question for decision is whether plaintiffs have a superior title which they claim to have acquired by the ten-year prescription under Articles 3478 and 3479 et seq. of...

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