Hargrove v. Hodge

This is a petitory action involving the title to Lot 19, Block B, of ten-acre Lot 35, City of Shreveport, Caddo. Parish, Louisiana. Plaintiff and defend-, ant trace their title to. a common author, Burrel Porter, whose title traces back to the Government through an unbroken chain. At Porter’s death, he left six heirs who provoked a sale of the property to effect a partition on January 15, 1927, at which sale Marion K. Smith became the purchaser. Smith, in turn, sold the property to Howard H. Hargrove, the plaintiff, Hargrove brings this suit, setting Up his title, and alleges that ■ the…