Frere v. Derouen
Citations
- 104 La. 777
Syllabus
<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>In a petitory action, where the plaintiff claims a small tract of land, which, as a fact, forms a part of a large plantation, and appears to have been so considered for nearly thirty years, during which the plantation has changed hands several times, such plaintiff, in order to recover, must identify the tract claimed by him and must show, affirmatively, that it could not reasonably have been included in the description whereby the plantation was sold. Otherwise, the defendant in such action is entitled to the benefit of the doubt.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a corporation’s public filings disclosing certain business practices “should have prompted investigation by [a shareholder plaintiff] into potential wrongdoing.”
- conversion claim time-barred because reasonable investigation would have led to discovery of the injury
- same regarding SLA-based breach of fiduciary duty claim
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Judges: Monroe
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