Schexneider v. Villejoin’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Snelling v. Adair · Waterman v. Tidewater Associated Oil Co. · Sessum v. Hemperley · 466 So. 2d 1381 - Dubois v. State Through Dept. of Pub. Safety · William T. Burton Industries, Inc. v. Wellman
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“The possession necessary to maintain a plea of acquisitive prescription depends on the nature and character of the land. William T. Burton Industries, Inc. v. Wellman, 343 So.2d 996 (La.1977). Where there is a visible boundary which has been in existence for 30 years or more and the defendant in a boundary action and his predecessors in title have actually possessed land extending to that visible boundary, a plea of prescription should be sustained. Sessum v. Hemperley, 233 La. 444 , 96 So.2d 832 (1957). Once possession has begun, it continues unless it is abandoned or the possessor is evicted. LSA-C.C. Art. 3433.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When a party proves acquisitive prescription, the boundary shall be fixed according to the limits established by prescription rather than titles. If a party and his ancestors in title possessed for thirty years without interruption, within visible bounds, more land than their title called for, the boundaries shall be fixed along these bounds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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