SUCCESSION OF SMITH v. PORTIE

19-409 consolidated with 19-183.

288 So.3d 187 (2019)

The SUCCESSION OF Allen L. SMITH, Jr. v. Keith Alan PORTIE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Michael Wright , 203 West Clarence Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, Telephone: (337) 439-6930, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellant — Keith Alan Portie.

Christopher E. John , City of Lake Charles Legal Department, P. O. Box 900, Lake Charles, LA 70602-0900, Telephone: (337) 491-1547, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee — City of Lake Charles.

Timothy O'Dowd , Jared W. Shumaker , O'Dowd Law Firm LLC, 924 Hodges Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601, Telephone: (337) 310-2304, COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiff/Appellee — Shirley Smith.

Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Phyllis M. Keaty, and Candyce G. Perret, Judges.


This case arises out of a dispute between two adjacent landowners regarding a five-foot strip of land which forms a border between the property owned by Plaintiff, Shirley Smith,1 and the property owned by Defendant, Keith Alan Portie. The strip of land between the two properties was dedicated...

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