Legal Opinion

Succession of Ratcliff v. Fruge

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 8, 1999No. 99-575PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJjCOOKS, J.

This appeal arises out of a December 2, 1992 action to partition by licitation two separate, but adjacent, tracts of land on sections 13 and 18 in Evangeline Parish. Suit was instituted on behalf of the Succession of Eldellar Duplissey Ratcliff, Robert L. Raborn 1, Sherrill W. Raborn and Timothy R. Raborn. The trial court dismissed the partition action; plaintiffs appeal. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR

Petitioners assert that the trial court erred when it: (1) refused to recuse itself from consideration of a motion for new trial, (2)…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hardy W. Ryland and Alma Odessa Ryland v. Alfred B. Shapiro, Edwin O. Ware and Edward E. Roberts, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  2. Koch v. KochLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  3. Ryland v. ShapiroDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1984
  4. Williams v. BrooksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997

3Cited by2 opinions

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