Miller v. Vivian Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Edgar W. Sutherlin, Judge. Action by Mrs. Mollie E. Miller, tutrix, against the' Vivian Oil Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
This is a suit on behalf of six minor children of Charles W. Miller, deceased, for the recovery of six-fourteenths interest in 80 acres of land, inherited by them from their father. The petition alleges an attempt on the part of their mother and tutrix to sell said interest, under an order of court homologating the proceedings of a family meeting, and further alleges that said attempt failed to convey title for the reasons ;(1) That the proceeding was one purporting to sell said interest at private sale, otherwise than by a sale of the whole property, to effect…
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