19 La. 409 | La. | 1841
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiffs in their original petition assert title in themselves as heirs of L. P. Delahoussaye to a tract of land on the Tdche, commonly called the Chicot Noir, long in controversy between the ancestor of the defendants, and the heirs of Prevost; see 12 Martin, 445; 1 Martin, N. S., 650; and which he ultimately recovered by a judgment of this court. An answer was filed setting up title in the defendants. After the suit had been pending more than two years, the plaintiffs filed a supplemental petition in which they allege that the acts of alienation of said land executed by them and their ancestor in favor of the defendants are null and not- obligatory. That it is true that as long ago as 1817, they appear to have sold and conveyed to Dr. Ramos Davis, a part if not the whole of said tract of land, but that they have lately discovered, that the said deeds of sale were obtained from them and their ancestor by
There was judgment for the defendants and the plaintiffs appealed.
The case is before us upon a bill of exceptions, from which it appears that the court rejected parol evidence to prove the-facts set forth in the petition and supplemental petition, which.
The judgment of the District Court is therefore affirmed with costs.