Festivan v. Clement
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeals, Parish of Webster. Action by W. H. Festivan and others against O. P. Clement and others. A judgment for plaintiffs in the district court was reversed on appeal to the Court of Appeals, and the suit dismissed; and plaintiffs apply for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The plaintiffs’ petition presents the following state of facts:
They are the heirs of A. J. Festivan, deceased, late of the parish of Webster, and of his first wife, Mary Ann Festivan, who died in the year 1874.
The said parties were married in the year 1864, and in the year 1866 Festivan bought, for $1,500 in cash, a certain described tract of land containing 160. acres.
The said tract belonged to the community, and the plaintiffs inherited from their mother an undivided one-half interest therein. Plaintiff’s father subsequently was twice married, and in the course of time died, leaving a…
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