New Orleans Republican., 1871-10-04

The above tract of land, ''having (according I
the tite) eight azpents front the Bayou st. job
least bank, by twenty-five arpents in depth
the bayou, 'camino real and on the other side b
other land gra. ted on the said bayou" is part q
two grants Of land made BY the French govern
first of September 1920, and the other to Pr0vance
or Pervenche, on the fourteenth Of April l71l
St. John by forty arpents in depth-copy Of a su, NJ
vey and plan whereof can he seen at the Office Q
the auctioneer.
The said grants were acquired by Louis Brazil
Ger, alias TOurangeau, the preceding owner Of tn
above tract of land, whose title inherited by Made
line Braziller, was conveyed to the present owne
On the nfteenth of October, 1774 the above trac
Of land. together with q tract Of land acquired
Josenh cSaI%n and Maize e EzsH sUra
his wife. by Madeline Brazillier. who, by theil
common consent, conveyed the titles to the chill
81 ps..ea Sa
By this act the said tracts Of land were made
and became part Of Q land or plantation then in
possession Of Chalon and Desruisseaux and &C.
luay belonging in their own right to the children
from FRANCHISE Elizabeth Grardey, widow o.
Joseph Desruisseaux, per act passed before J. B
du Garic, then notary. the fifteenth day Of July
On the twenty second day of July, 1920 the whole
Of said land or plantation was publicly sold by
order Of court, and was delivered up without re.
Of July 1920, per act passed before P. Ped. scaux
thea notary, conveyed all the titles relative
chaser and owner Of the 'one land or whole, sold
by them - heirs and legally described in their
ACT. hut - the purchaser and owner Of another
and not legally described in their said act. This ID
proved by the act ITSELF thus: 1t is shown in the
act that all the titles conveyed by the said act
titles that were acquired by the predecessors OF
CbalOn and Desruisseaux, and, consequently, titles
to lands belonging actually and in their own right
to the children issue Of the marriage Of Chaon and
DHebecOuFt, it 10 shown that the said children,
in their own names and with their own authority,
legally described in their act only lone land" or
q whole, inherited by themselves, which land Is
shown, by their own act, to be only part Of the
whole acquired BY the titles conveyed by them;
purchaser, that, having thus limited themselves
land those who might claim title in their names
and, and with thei. authority as heirsl to the lone
SAID children and actual owners of the whole sold
did by their said act, legally divest themselves Of
all their rights, and in the names and with the
thOrity Of the preceding owners convey to the
purchaser and actual owner Of 'anoi her land" or
whole, not legally described in their act all the
titles acquired by them in the names Of their
parents giving to the owner Of the said other and
undescribed land absolute authority over all the
titles had and given BY them and in thei. own
Of their parents, thus vesting in him the ex.
elusive right of survey.
This Interpretation Of this act does not admit Of
contradiction; for, without the authority Of the
actual owner Of the other and unde cribed land,
there could not and can not be any knowledge OF
oi to or sad 81 fs sn %
lvered up, inasmuch as there is not any authority
giCen in the act for the titles thereby conveyed.
On the sixth Of June 1888, the whole Of the other
and undescrbed land (then clam G. No. 81, was
publicly sOld by order Of court and delivered up by
the widow and heirs of FRANCOIS DHebecourt, who,
with Ferdinand d HebecOuIt. the adjudicatee, did,
on the seventh of September. 1888 per acts passed
before Felix de Armas, then notary, legally dvest
Of al Their rshis and having limited
scribed in the foregoing act; they, the UHebe.
courts, in the names and with the authority Of the
predecessors Of ChalOn and Lesruisseaux to wit:
and Girardey owners on the one part
and Madeline Braz lier, owner Of the other par Il,
conveyed all the titles acquired aforesaid to the
the unsurveyed land claim C. No. 81. giving him, as
to FRANCOIS DHebec0urt, absolute authority over
all the titles had and given, and the exclusive
right Of survey.
Now, ever since the seventh of September 1893
and undisputed possession Of the
whole Of the said unsurve yed land claim C. No. 81,
has been held in the names Of Desruisseau1 Cir.
ardey. and Madeline Brazer. by and with the AN.
thorty OF the government of the United States and
Of the present holder Of the titles, all derived from
grants made by the French government, well and
publicly known and duly recorded, and confirmed
by the treaty Of leA3 evidence OF the possession
whereof was furnished by the claimants with the
authO.ity Of the present holder. which evidence
was, and is, approved by the commissioners ap.
pointed under the aforesaid act of Congress, thus
cODhrm1nS the POsses OF the lands. See report
Oh claims under said act.
The above tract of land will be sold in block and
will he delivered up with the tirle of Louis Brazil
ller. the purchaser to put himself in possession un
der survey by the United States Surveyor Gen.
eral, at New Orleans
Terms Of sale-One fourth cash, and the balance
at one, two and three years in notes to order &c.
cured by mortgage. and bearing interest at eight
per cent annum from the day of sale until paid
Act Of sale before Amedee Ducatel at the ex.
pense Of the purchaser; clamps and other condi.
lions usual.
For further particulars apply to the auctioneer.
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