Tassin v. Rhynes’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. ““It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that Alton J. Tassin be recognized as the owner of a tract of land containing approximately seven acres lo cated in Section 29, T3N, R4E, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly shown on that certain plat of survey by Louis J. Daigre Associates, Inc., dated May 18,1977, a copy of which is on record in these proceedings, said seven acres, more or less, being shown on said plat as all of that portion of the 15.1 acres allocated to Alton Tassin lying north of the ‘Field Road,’ as shown on said plat.” “It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that Malcolm 0. Sayes be recognized as having the right to possession of all of the 76.4 acres in dispute in this suit, except the 1.4 acres herein awarded to Foster Johnson, and the seven acres, more or less, herein awarded to Alton Tassin, the land of which Sayes is recognized to be the lawful possessor being more fully described as follows: A tract of land containing 68 acres more or less, located in Section 29, T3N, R4E, Avo-yelles Parish, Louisiana, and being more fully shown on that certain plat of survey by Louis Ji Daigre Associates, Inc., of date May 18,1977, a copy of which plat is of record in these proceedings, the said 68 acres, more or less, being all of the 76.4 acres shown on said plat as being in dispute in this suit, except the 1.4 acres designated as being owned by Foster Johnson, and the seven acres, more or less, lying north of the ‘Field Road’ which runs g”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 419 So. 2d 20 - Sayes v. Tassin

2. “"Jurisprudence has established the rule that if, at the time of sale of a riparian estate, the alluvion or batture attached has attained a sufficient elevation to be susceptible of private ownership, the alluvion does not pass with the riparian land unless it is expressly so stated in the Act of Sale. State v. Richardson, 140 La. 329 , 72 So. 984 (1916); Maginnis Land & Improvement Company v. Marcello, 168 La. 997 , 123 So. 653 (1929). In the present case, it is clear that the `batture' had formed and was susceptible of private ownership by the Mayeuxs by the time they sold to Normand in 1966. Yet, the Mayeuxs sold to Normand only a specifically described 86.5 acres and did not sell any of the `batture' at issue here. Therefore, we conclude that plaintiff Normand is not entitled to any of the `batture' in dispute. It may be that the heirs of Charles J. Mayeux still have a claim to a portion of the `batture', but they are not parties to the present suit and that issue is not before us." (Emphasis supplied)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 386 So. 2d 995 - Tassin v. Sayes

3. “Suit For Declaratory Judgment Establishing Title And Boundaries.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 386 So. 2d 995 - Tassin v. Sayes