GRIFFIN v. DAIGLE

No. 99 CA 1942.

769 So.2d 720 (2000)

Charles E. GRIFFIN, II v. Donald Hugh DAIGLE, et ux.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Scott, III, Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Thomas C. McKowen, IV, Strain, Dennis, Mayhall & Bates, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellant Charles E. Griffin, II.

Charles E. Griffin, II, St. Francisville, In Proper Person.

Michael O. Hesse, Hesse and Butterworth, St. Francisville, for Defendants-Appellees Donald and Geraldine Daigle.

Before: PARRO, GUIDRY, and GANUCHEAU, JJ.


PARRO, J.

In this petitory action, Charles E. Griffin, II, appeals a trial court judgment declaring that the title to his property extends only to the center of the "public road," being Morris Road. We reverse, render, and remand.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case involves a dispute over the meaning of the words "public road" in a 1941 partition document, in which property formerly owned...

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