New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-06
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RY EUGENE TOURNR, AUCTIOMBER.-
- Will be sold on WEDNESDAY, October Ia. Ut
twelve O'clock NJ, at the MerchsntS Exchange,
Royal street
AVAILABLE TRACT OF LAnD,
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Containing ~l
ONE HUNDRED AND E1GHrY.sEvEN suPRRFI
CIAL ACRES,
Situate and lying in the Second District. tt
DORGENOIS STREET AND BAYOU st JOHN
Being part Of
ALAND CLAIM, CLASS c, No. 81,
Admitted and confirmed under an act of Congress:
'' dated July 4, 1892

The above tract of land, ''having according to
the tite eight arpents front On the Bayou st. John
bounded Oh one aide by lie public road leading TO-
the bayou, canine real and on the other side BY
other land granted on the said bayou" 10 part Of
ment, the to Stephen Langl0is on the twenty
first Of September, 1920 and the other to Provanche
Sa on rSs 81
1t. John. by fOrtv srpents in deptli-copy Of sur
vey and plan whereof can be seen 1t the Office Of
The said grants were acquired by Louis Brazil
her, alias TOurangeAu the preceding Owner Of the
above tract of land whose title. Inherited by Made
hns Brazlller, waS conveyed to the present owner
ON the hftetnth of October, TIA, the shove tract
Of land. together with tract Of Land acquired
from Madame Gauvre de MOnleop wss sold to
Joseph ChaiOn aud Marie Elizabeth DesruiSseQux
c nls wife by Madeline Brsz s Who y then
dren issue u their marriage by special clause in.
the act Of sale passed before J. B. du Carrie, then
By this act the said tracts Of land were made,
ana become part Of land Or plantation then IN
finally belonging in their own right to the children,
issue Of their marriage, who acquired the same
from FRANCHISE Elizabeth Girardey, widow of
Joseph Desruieseaux, per act passed before j. Il
1868. ~ '-s " '"S'
Of said land or plantation was publicly sold by
order Of court, aud delivered up without re-
serve by the said issue, who, tbs twent fourth
Ties notary, conveyed ali the titles relative f
thereto to FRANCOIS YHeb-court, not a. the pur
by them as heirs and legally described in their
act, hut as the purchaser and owner Of another
land" or whole. sold by. them as actual owners,
and not legally described in their said Get This is
proved by the act itself thus 1t il slnown in the
act tn ali the titles conveyed by the said act
Chalon and DesrusseanA X, and, consequently titles
to lands belonging actually and in tAeir own right,
to the children issue of the marregeof Chalon end
Oeslulsseaux. Now, with the authority Of FRANCOIS
DHebecOurt, it IS shown 1hst the said children
in their own names and with their own authority ,
legally described in their act only "one land" or
q whole, Inherited by themselves, which land is
shown, by their own act. to 10 only part # the
whole acquired by the titles conveyed BY them;
and II Is further shown. with the authority of the
purchaser, that, having thus limited themselves
land those who might claim title in their names
land Or Whole. So legally described, 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 and with the au-
thority OF the preceding owners convey to the
purchaser ard actual bWner of another 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
uudescriied land absol ute authority over all the
titles had and given bv them and in their own
names, and by and in the names Of the predeces-
sors OF their parents, thus yrsting in him the ex-
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 he any knowledge
possession of the Whole, or any pant OF the lands
here shown to have been publicly sold and de-
livered ny. inasmuch there is any authority
given in the act for the titles thereby conveyed.
ON the sixth of June 1859, the whole of the other
and unde scyibed land tthen clam c, No. 3l), was
publicly sold, By order OF court, and delivered up by
the widow and leis OF FRANCOIS DHebeeourt, vino,
with Ferdinand b HebecOurt, the a4ljudicatee, did
on the seventh Of September. 1885, per acts passed
before Felix de Armas. then notary, legally diyest
themselves Of all their rights; and, having limited
themselves to the 'ope and," or whole legally de.
scribed in the foregoing act they, the UHebe-
courts. i'll the names and with the authority Ofthe
predecessors OF Chalon and Eesruisseaux, to wit:
Desrrlisseaux and Girardey, owners the one part
and Madeline Braziilier. owner of the other part
conveyed all the titles acquired aforesaid to the
present. vendor and acLual owner Of the whole of
the unsulveyet land claim C. No. 81, giving him az
to Francois DIebecourt. absolute Authority ever
all the titles had and given, and the exclusive
right OF survey. . t..
Now, since the seventh of September 1885,
and undisputed possession Of the
whol OF the said llnsurveyed land claim G, Nos 81,
has been held III the names ut Desruisseaux Cir
ar'iey, anu Madeline BrAziier. aud with the aii-
thprity OF the government Of the United States and
of the present holder ef the titles all derived
grants made by the French government well and
publicly known and duly recorded and confirmed
by the treaty OF l3o5 evidence OF the possession
whereof vas furnished by the claimants, with the
authority IT the present holder, which evidence
was. and is. approved by the commissioners rap-
pointed under the aforesaid act OF Congress, thus
confirming the posse ssion of the lands SEE report
OF claims under said act.
The above tract OF land will be sold in block and
Will " delivered up with the title Of Louis BrazI
ler the purchaser to put himself in possession IN
der a 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,
cured BIZ mortgage. anu bearing interest at eight
per cent from the day Of sale until paid.
Act Of sale before Ame,lee Ducatel, at the x
pense of the purchaser; stamps and other condi-
tons usual. u ~
For further particulars apply to the aue.ioneer..
SCI. oci IL IS