Penn v. Prevost
Citations
- 114 La. 1080
- 38 So. 865
- 1905 La. LEXIS 596
Syllabus
<p>PETITORY ACTION — ADVERSE POSSESSION.</p> <p>The plaintiff in a petitory action cannot recover land which, pursuant to an agreement to which he was a party, was sold more than 30 years ago at sheriff’s sale, and subsequently mortgaged to him, and of which the defendant, who acquired through mesne conveyances from the original purchaser, by himself and through his authors, has been in actual, open, notorious, and uninterrupted possession, under titles translative of property, for more than 10 years.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
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