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APPEAL SIIDE.
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WILLIAM VONDENVELDElsr,
flainltff in the 'CouH belMe,
Dtfendantin the ' Court' belou,
2— Tho proscription of dh- an, enlre pres.ns and of 30 yean.
3.-A spccal denial of all ,he alloga.ion.s of PLinti/Ts d^clamtion.
I. .s in ,h,..,e ,on.s, Wc „„ .ers /-/I X^ ^/o 7^ S"2 ^ ^ •''^■'■^•="^". "'^ "'" ''"''-STroof of it'
of Eu.s,acl.o Harnoi,,, ,ha. Jos'^.rtCoirZli: ^ITy t^Z ^^^'^ ""' '"«-' -^--f . t di;:
.nstrumon, .hereby Vo.;;i.r„vclde'n ,L. e ml t, h, ve aJ iS":'" .T '^^"T ."^^ ^'""''«"velden. A j, i n Z
Joseph lanwus, .. „o,, from its vert nature nn.l purnor? Se ^fr *'"' ^°"7"'' "'" """R-l Hghts of
fers such rights as Joseph Flarnois imv hnv,- /"t""' " "•^^•"•' o' t'onvcyonco of the land It sinmlC .„
^21 for 6 lots, or 120() acr< r^v, ,"■ i , '•"'•."■"'""' ""y ^''-'^mv whatsoever The eo w "^ ^. '"
for there was sm>ply the risk of twenty shillil,.' '"^^ """"' " ^'^^""'"•' ""^ " ''""'11 one at X,
.n^7nv;!;!:i'rt::.;^^^^ ..is ,. ,.and there never wj
minsVondenvelden could not ratify this forniereontrn..-'-'' "'"' ""'"' '"* K-spondent main
«ml Courval, without the i..terve„,ion of J ,s ,| Hr, „'.''; '° *'r"' <=""'^'>'-"<"l the right between T,"'
XTr^^'T'l' "'r' Von.I.'nve|den ;S a"rel n , Z 'in't'lS"""' .'" .",'" '^^ '"•■"""- -
«cill at nil, but only lent his name for Von.lenvel.le, 'M.i ''"■""''' '''""' '"^ '"'•' »"' "ft for him
grecment with Jos^-ph Harnois and if irnn Vl * "" '" '^""f'"li<-lorv to the htt.M- of the ,.l .
.lonwd-len never amhori^';^;J" / ^ \ -nrrtr'™":!''' '"Tf"' "" "^ i-- cl l^'l:
«.'ph Harmns so as to complete „ oontrnc wi h I e u " t1" ''''"'"' ""'' ""^"'' ""'''"-' '"" "''"• itl. Jo
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the prop..rty ,)n refer,.„ee to I)efendanfs eUn^t I^. 7 Z l^ l! '''"'T^ "'" '""•'^^-i'.V <"■ tn.dltion to Ja s
20th September, 1N05, sol.l and conveyed lot 7 1, '»:, ;L" ""'' '"'"■"'^" """ ^^^•<taehe Hnrnois
which wasdnly ..nregistere.l. f.tl, M„v IH' I T ^ " "^'"K* >•- to ,b, h,.irs of Saiiuiel M ,S
tor of .aid iot,-i5 yeL beti^TisZib 'h wiM ;;;e,::'ii:"'r '!"" ''"r"" 'r ""••"'- <•<"-"" p IS
«oi. Bourbo.. di, t,-ognan.conveve,|. IW v'h'.S ;..;;''', V'T^ ''"'"'" ""'""""" "''"''" ''•"- Pmn
Bourbon d.t Cognan. who, .Ird heeember ISr, f or i^ ,.? ' ".'""' '" 'I'"" "'"" '" "'^^ '•""-'•. to Oeor-
M..rcx.tte, who ,,i,h Ma.eh, INf,,.. f,r v„ abl A i. I t 'i' '■;::::'''■"'','''';• ' "> '"' "'" -""^ '" R'3
of .nr r"'" "■""' '"""*'••' '•>• 'n..lition,„nda "o n „o " ' • ''''' "T '" ''•■""•••• """l-Hlent
of .omcdnrty-two year, prior to. ....i.>.. of ,=;•;-—::;,;: •-;;;',,,i-;—
Babmeau, and from Charles Babineau to the before mentioned Francois Bourbon (lit Cugiiun, ami Cioin
Frangois Bourbon dit Cognan to Edward Mnrcotte, and from the liutor to Prince. Tlio actual possys.ioii o(
thirty years is clearly proved, and Respondent contends that the documonlary eviiluiicc is nullirent to con-
nect the prasession for the purposes of prescription. At all evenis, the m:i.\im in jxiri aisu ineliiir v.it ran-
ditio possidentis can be invoked in favor of Prince. In the next nlucc, there is no nroof whni.'vcr tint J.i.
seph Harnoia was the lawful son of Eustache Harnois. Vondenvelden took cure to "prove that there was no
extrait baptislaire of Joseph Harnois, which alone raises the (jresumption that ho was not bjrn of parents
in lawful wedlock and has adduced no evidence whatever to negaiive such presumption.
The judgment of the Honorable Edward Short, rendered in the Circuit Court on 14th September, 1858, is
in the following terms :
"The Court having heard the parties by their respective Counsel, seen nnd examined the pleadings, evi-
dence and proceedings of record in this cause, and deliberated thereon, rejects the Defendant's pleas of pro-
scription, as unfounded, but considering that Plaintiff has failed to prove Joseph Harnois to be the son and
heir of the late Eustache Harnios as alleged in his declaration, and that Defendent has proved that the land
in question in this cause, formed no part of the estate and succession of the said late Eustache Harnois, lie
having alienated the same prior to his decease, doth dismiss the action of Plaintilf in this behalf, with eoila
distraita to Defendant's Attorneys, Messrs. Sanborn & Brooks."
Respondent is satisfied that the Court here will confirm the judgment so rendered, for the ro:l^^;)ns there-
in mentioned, as well as upon other grounds hereinbefore urged.
Dated Ist December, 1858.
SANBORN & BROOKS,
Attorneys for KrsponilfnI.
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10 pleadings, cvi-
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I'oa.-ions there-
: BROOKS,
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