New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-08

AUCTION SALES. "
BY Eugene Tourne.
SALE POSITIVE
RY EuGENE T0URNR, AUCT1oNsER-.
Twelve o'clock NJ, at the 1erchauts Exchange.
Royal street.
| A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND
| Containing
ONE HUNDRED AND ErGHrH.sEvBN sUpERFI
CIAL ACRES,
Situate and lying in the Second District.
DORGENOIS STREET AND BAYOU ST JOHN,
Being part of
LAND CLAIM, CLASS c, No. 81,
Admitted and confirmed under an act of Congress
dated ) .ly 4, 1882
The above tract Of land, ''having according tn
the tite) eight arpents front the Bayou St John
bounded on one side BY the public road leading to
the bayou, canine resl' and on the other side by
other land graz ted on the said bayou 10 part Of
two grants of land made by the French govern
ment, the one to stephen Langois on the twenty
first Of September 1870, and the other to Provanche
having, together eight arpents front on the Bayou
st. John. by FORTY arpents in depth-cOpy of 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 owner Of tho
line Braziller, was conveyed to the present owner
ON the fifteenth Of October, l774. the above tract
Of land. together with tract of land acquired
from Madame Gauyre 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 in
the act OF sale passed before J. B du Gauc, then
notary.
BY this act the said tracts Of land were made,
al then in
tually 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.
dn Carrie then notary. on 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, aud was delivered up without re-
Of July. 1870, per act passed before Ped sclaux,
thea notary conveyed al the titles relative
thereto to FIansois HHebscoqrt not as the pur;
BY them as heirs and legally. described in their
act, hut ~ the purchaser and owner of another
and not legally described in their said act This i
proved BY the act itself, thus: 1t is shown in the
titles that were ~ the Of
Chslon snd Desruisseaux, and consequently, titles
to lands belonging actually aud in their own right
Desrusseaux. Now, with the authority ofFransois
DAebecourt, it 10 shown that the said children.
legally described in their act only ..one land or
q whole, inherited by themselves, which land 10
shown by their own act, to be only part of the
and it is further shown. with the authority of the
purchaser, that, having thus limited themselves
and with their authority. ~ heirs), to the ''one
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 names and with the
thority Of the preceding owsers, convey to the
whole, not legally described in their act, all the
titles acquired by them in the names of their
undescr6ed land absolute authority over ali the
titles had and given by them and in their own
names, and by and in the names Of the predeces
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 -eribed land,
there could not and can not he any knowledge or
Of the
livered up inasmuch as there is not any authority
given 10 the act for the titles thereby conveyed
and undescribed land then claim c, No. sD, was
publicly sold, by order Of court and delivered up BY
the widow and heirs OF FRANCOIS D. HebecOurt, who,
with Ferdinand D. Hebecourt. the adjudicatee did,
on the seventh Of September. 1888 per acts passed
before Felix de Armas, then notary legally divest
themselves of all their rights: and, having limited
themselves to the ''One land,' or whole legally de-
scribed in the foregoing act they, the D'Hebe-
predecessors Of ChalOn and Lesruisseaux, to wit:
Desruisseaux and Girardey, owners on the one part
and Madeline Brazllier. owner OF the other part
hA NIvaA tot
present vendor and actual owner Of the whole Of
the unsurveyed land claim g, No 81, giving him, a.
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 1833
aud undsputed possession Of tho
whole OF the said unsurveyed land claim C. No. 81,
has been held i'll the names of Desruisseaux Cir
artley, and Madeline Brxziiier. by and with the au
thOrity Of the OF the United States and
Of the present holder OF the titles oil derived from
grants made by the French government we'll and
by the treaty Of l803 evidence OF the possession
whereof was furnished by the claimants, with the
of the present holder. which evidence
was, and Is, approved by the commissioners APP
pointed under the aforesaid act OF Congress, thus
cOnfir ming the possession of the lands See report
Oil claims under sail act.
The above tract OF land will l,e sold in block, and
will be delivered up with the title OF Louis Brazil.
lier, the purchaser to nut himself in possession
Her a survey by the United States Surveyor Gen
eral at New Orleans.
at one, two and three years in notes to order Sc
cured by mortgage. and bearing interest at eight
per cent er annum from the day OF sale until paid
Act Of sale before Amedee Ducatel, at the ex-
pense Of the purchaser; stamps and other cOndi-
lions usual.
For further particulars apply to the auetioneer.