New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-29

The above tract of land, having (according TO
the ttle) eight arpents front the Bayou St. john
least bank, by twenty-five arpents in depth
bounded on one side by the public road leading to
the bayou, 'camino real and on the other side by
other land granted on the said bayou is part Of
two grants of land made by the French govern
ment, the one to Stephen Langlois on the twenty
first of September 1920 and the other to PrOvanche
or Pervenche, on the fourteenth of April, l72l,
having together eight arpents front on the Ba you
st. john by forty arpents in depth-cOpy of a sur
vey and plan whereof can be seen at the office of
The said grants were acquired by Louis Brazil
lier, alias TOurangeau, the preceding Of the
above tract of land whose title. inherited by Made
line Brazillier, was conveyed to the present
as follows:
On the fifteenth of October l774, the above tract
Of land. together with tract of land acquired
from Madame Gauvre de Monleon. was sold to
Joseph ChalOn and Marie Elizabeth Desruisseaux
his wife. by Madeline Brazillier. who by their
/ common consent conveyed the titles to the chill
dren, issue of their marriage by special clause n
the act Of sale passed before J. B. du Carrie, then
By this act the said tracts of land were made
| and became part Of a land or plantation then Ill
possession Of ChalOn and Desruisseaux, and &C.
tuay belonging in their own right to the children,
issue Of their marriage, who acquired the same
from FRANCHISE Elizabeth Girardey. widow Of
Joseph Desruisseaux, per act passed before j. B
du Carrie, then notary. the fifteenth day of July
1868.
On the twenty second day Of July 1920 the whole
! order Of court and was delivered up without re-.
serve by the said issue, who, on the twenty fourth
OF July. 1920 act passed before r Ped, sclaux,
then notary, conveyed all the titles relative
thereto to FRANCOIS DHebecOurt, not the pur-
chaser aud owner Of the one land whole, sold
| by them as heirs and legally described in their
| act, but the purchaser and owner OF another
land or whole. sold by them as actual owners,
and not legally described in their said act. This is
proved by the act itself, thus: 1t is shown in the
act tn At all the titles conveyed by the said act are
| titles that were acquired by the predecessors of
ana "a an and on
to the children issue Of the marriage of ChaOn and
Desruisseaux Now, with the authority of Fran eos
D'HebecOurt, it is shown that the said children,
| in their own names and with their own authority,
legally described in their act only lone land, or
a whole, inherited by themselves, which land is
shown, by their own act, to he only part Of the
whole acquired by the titles conveyed by them
and it is further shown. with the authority OF the
purchaser, that, having thus limited themselves
| land those who might claim title in their names
and with their authority. as heirsl; to TIE one
! land. or whole; SO legally descrined they, the
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
purchaser and actual owner of 'ano 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
undescrbed land abso lutte authority over all the
| titles had and given by them and in their own
names and by and in the names Of the pretieces
sors Of their parents. thus vesting i'll 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 .crbeG land
there could not and can not he any knowledge OF
possession of tn. whole or any pant OF the lands
here shown to have been publicly sold and de-
lvered up inasmuch as there is not any authority
given in the act for the titles thereby conveyed
On the sixth of June 1853, the whole OF the other
and undescribed land Then clam G. No. 8l). was
publicly Sold by order of court, and delivered
tue widow and heirs OF FRANCOIS Iitbecourt who,
with Ferdinand ~ Hebecourt the adjudicate-, did,
on the seventh of September. 1888 per acts passed
before Felix de Armas then notary, legally dvest
| themselves OF all their rights; and, having limited
ham tat he. li,I
scribed in the foregoing act; they, the DIIeb7.
courts" in the names and with the authority OF the
predecessors of Chalon and Lesrusseaux. to Wit:
Desruisseaux and Girardey, owners on the part
and Madeline BRAZIL owner of the other part,
conveyed all the titles acquired aforesaid to the
present. vendor and actual owner Of the Whole OF
the unsuryeyed land claim G, No. 81, giving HIM as
| to FRANCOIS DHebecourt, absolute authority over
all the titles had and given, and the exclusive
| right Of survey.
Now, ever since the seventh of September, 1898
uninterrupted aud undisputed possession Of the
has been held III the names Of Resruisseaux !, Cir
ardey and Madeline Brazilier. by and with The an,
thorty of the government of the United States and
OF the present holder Of thet1les all derived from
| grants made by the French government, we'll and
| publicly known and duly recorded, and confirmed
by the treaty of 1903: evidence OF the possession
| whereof was furnished by the claimants with the
| authority Of the present holder, which evidence
| was, and is, approved by the commissioners APP
pointed under the aforesaid act OF Congress iills
| confirming the possession Of the lands See report
| on claims under said act.
The above tract OF land will be sold IN pocR ana
will be delivered up with the title OF Louis Brazil
lier the purchaser to put himself i'll possession m
der a survey by the United States surveyor cen
| eral, at New Orleans
Terms IF sale-One fourth cash and the balance
at one two and three years, in notes to order Sc
| cured by mortgage and bearing interest at elgh,
per cent er anuum from the day of sale until paid
| Act Of sale before Amedee Ducatel, at the ex
pense of the purchaser; stamps and other condl
tons - usual.
For further particulars apply to the auctoneer
/ seq oc4 II Is