72 C.J.S. Privity; Privies; Privy, pp. 954-956. See, Coats v. Lee, La. App., 70 So.2d 229; Sattler v. Pellichino, La.App., 71 So.2d 689; Harang v. Golden Ranch Land Drainage Co., 143 La. 982, 79 So. 768, 769; Hadwin v. Sledge, La.App., 116 So.2d 114. When Robert E. Noel died in 1937 (he had possessed the disputed property for seventeen years) his eight children were his legal heirs, being called to his succession by operation of law. LSA-R.C.C. Articles 940 and 941.
This presumption is rebutted on proof that the possessor knows, or should know, that he is not owner of the thing he possess. The party alleging wrongdoing has the burden of proving bad faith Hadwin v. Sledge, 116 So.2d 114 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1959). The Gibbens claim that they were not in bad faith because they believed that Muriel Moore had given them the heirlooms and assets.
her Articles 3441 and 3442 or 794. See generally, Stutson v. McGee, 241 La. 646, 130 So.2d 403 (1961); Sessum v. Hemperley, 233 La. 444, 96 So.2d 832 (1957); Buckley v. Catlett, 203 La. 54, 13 So.2d 384 (1943); Emmer v. Rector, 175 La. 82, 143 So. 11 (1932); Opdenwyer v. Brown, 155 La. 617, 99 So. 482 (1924); Sibley v. Pierson, 125 La. 478, 51 So. 502 (1910); Morrison Grain Co., Inc. v. Charrier, 410 So.2d 1202 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1982); Speight v. Dowden, 405 So.2d 887 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1981); Rimmer v. Jowers, 385 So.2d 1261 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1980); Fruge v. Lyons, 373 So.2d 220 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1979); Fiorello v. Knecht, 334 So.2d 761 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1976); Trahan v. Frankland, 317 So.2d 298 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1975); Hilcliffe Farms, Inc. v. Marshall, 306 So.2d 337 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1975); Carpenter v. Cobb, 293 So.2d 888 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1974); Stanford v. Robertson, supra; Mills v. Butler, 131 So.2d 262 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1961); Nelken v. Aldredge, 128 So.2d 843 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1961); Hadwin v. Sledge, 116 So.2d 114 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1959); Roberson v. Green, 91 So.2d 439 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1956); Finley v. Morgan, 80 So.2d 196 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1955); Sattler v. Pellichino, 71 So.2d 689 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1954); Courvelle v. Eckart, 50 So.2d 325 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1951). See also, Chaney, Prescription Under Article 852, 13 La.L.Rev. 582 (1953); Dainow, Prescription, Louisiana Legislation of 1964, 25 La.L.Rev. 352 (1965); Comment, Tacking of Possession for Acquisitive Prescription, 8 La.L.Rev. 105 (1947); Comment, The Civil Code Articles on Establishment of Boundary, 56 Tul.L.Rev. 370 (1981); Note, Civil Law Property — Tacking Without Juridical Link, 24 La.L.Rev. 888 (1964); Note, Immovables — Thirty-Year Acquisitive Prescription — Tacking, 38 Tul.L.Rev. 575 (1964); Note, Immovables — Boundary Prescription Under Article852 — Tacking of Possessions, 37 Tul.L. Rev. 333 (1963).
It is on the basis of these factual findings that we distinguish the cases relied on by defendant appellant. Haas v. Dezauche, 214 La. 259, 37 So.2d 441 (1948), and Hadwin v. Sledge, 116 So.2d 114 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 1959). In those cases, there was no evidence in the record indicating bad faith on the part of the purchaser, whereas in the instant case, we find such evidence.