Case Name: Marzelie E. Marsh and Husband vs. Julius Sevin and Louis Boniol
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1876-03
Citations: 28 La. Ann. 326
Docket Number: No. 6181
Parties: Marzelie E. Marsh and Husband vs. Julius Sevin and Louis Boniol.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 326–327

Head Matter:
No. 6181.
Marzelie E. Marsh and Husband vs. Julius Sevin and Louis Boniol.
In this petitory action the evidence in support ot plaintiffs’ title is an “ alleged deed in trust,” which has been lost, and of which there is no record. In Louisiana this is no title.
In a petitory action the plaintiff must recover entirely upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary’s.
APPEAL from the Ninth Judicial District Court, parish of Rapides.
S. J. Bowman, attorney-at-law, acting for the district judge, recused.
M. Ryan, TV. F. Blackman, and James G. White, for plaintiffs and appel-lees.
Manning, for defendants and appellants.

Opinion:
MORGAN, J.
This is a petitory action. Plaintiff claims the property in dispute by right of succession from her father and mother. The evidence in support of her title is an alleged " deed in trust," which has been lost, and of which there is no record.
In Louisiana this is no title. In a petitory action the plaintiff must recover entirely upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's, and as the plaintiff here has shown no title she must suffer nonsuit.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the judgment of the district court be avoided, annulled, and reversed, and that there be judgment in favor of the defendant as in case of nonsuit, plaintiff to pay costs in both courts.
Rehearing refused.