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HURST v. RICARD

No. 86-C-2483.

506 So.2d 1202 (1987)

Norbert J. HURST, et al. v. Evelyn Vallet RICARD, Vera Ricard Porche, Mirian Philomena Ricard Patin, Alma Ricard Collins, and Myrtle Ricard.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Granted June 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Tharp, Baton Rouge, Jewell & Jewell, New Roads, William McClendon, Lloyd Lunceford, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for applicants.

Thomas Nelson, New Roads, for respondents.

WATSON, Justice.

This is a suit to fix the boundary1 between contiguous tracts2 in the Parish of Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. The issue is whether sales of land slices from a trapezoid shaped waterfront tract must follow the contours of the parent tract when the deed is silent on that question, i.e., are the side lines, as a matter of law, angled rather than parallel?

Both sets of owners trace their title...

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