Decuir v. Loeb

Citations

• 118 La. 332
• 42 So. 955
• 1907 La. LEXIS 721

Syllabus

<p>Adverse Possession — Color oe Title — Prescription — Purchaser at Execution Sale.</p> <p>Where, under a decree ordering plaintiff to be restored to the possession of certain premises and condemning the defendant to pay a certain amount of money, with costs, a writ is issued, to which a certified copy of such decree is annexed, for the guidance of the sheriff, commanding that officer to place the plaintiff in possession of the property described, and further reciting, “and that plaintiff have and recover of defendant, * * * $150 per annum, from, * * * and the costs of both courts,” and such writ, with the acquiescence of all parties, is construed and enforced as a writ of fieri facias, quoad the judgment for money, the purchaser of property sold thereunder will be regarded as a possessor in good faith, whose title is protected by the prescription of ten years.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>