Opelousas Nat. Bank v. Perrodin
Citations
- 121 La. 581
- 46 So. 658
- 1908 La. LEXIS 720
Syllabus
<p>Boundaries — Recognition—Evidence.</p> <p>Where, in an action of boundary, it appears that plaintiff owns property to the eastward, and has no title to property lying to the westward, of a certain fence, and that defendant and his authors have held uninterrupted possession as owners for more than 60 years of the property to the westward, and that defendant claims nothing to the eastward, of the fence, the boundary will be fixed at the line of the fence, and it is unnecessary to decide whether (under Giv. Code, art. 8521, in order to prescribe beyond his title, defendant can add to his own possession that of his authors.</p> <p>TEd. Note. — For cases in point, see Gent. Dig. vol. 8, Boundaries, §§ 243-248.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
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- “[W]here a defendant’s knowledge of some fact or circumstance is an element of a tort claim, a bare assertion that a defendant ‘knew or should have known’ of that fact or circumstance is insufficient to state a claim.”
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Judges: Monroe
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