A different situation might have arisen if defendants had been innocent purchasers from the Haags of the strip of land in controversy at the time they illegally took possession of it. They did not acquire legal possession by their illegal acts and when the Haags intended to sell and did sell to plaintiff the land, including the 20-foot strip involved in this suit, plaintiff became the legal, civil possessor and his possession, coupled with the possession of his vendors, gave him civil possession continuing the actual, corporeal possession of his vendors, peaceably and undisturbed for more than twelve months prior to the disturbance by defendants which is all the law requires to give the plaintiff the right to a possessory action. Ellis v. Prevost, 19 La. 251; Agurs v. Bernstein, 165 La. 332, 115 So. 581. The evidence on the question of damages is not satisfactory, and since neither plaintiff nor defendants has discussed this phase of the case, we deem it wise to non-suit the claim for damages, in that manner reserving to plaintiff any rights he might have.