Heirs of Self v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Tangipahoa. Thompson, J. Where A intermarries with C, surviving spouse oí a father of a family of children, who are minors, and by private act of sale disposes of a portion of the landed estate belonging to the succession as his individual propeity, in which his wife intervenes, relinquishing her liens and privileges upon the property, as the property of the husband, in fítvor oí his vendee, the act of sale is not…
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APPEAL from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Tangipahoa. Thompson, J. Where A intermarries with C, surviving spouse oí a father of a family of children, who are minors, and by private act of sale disposes of a portion of the landed estate belonging to the succession as his individual propeity, in which his wife intervenes, relinquishing her liens and privileges upon the property, as the property of the husband, in fítvor oí his vendee, the act of sale is not an administrative act ; and so far as the succession is concerned cannot be regarded as any sale at all. It cannot be…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Levy, J.
The heirs of Self brought this petitory action to recover from B. F. Taylor a certain tract of land, situated in the-parish of Tangipahoa. They allege that they acquired the land by inheritance from their deceased father, who acquired it from David D. Hunter by authentic act of 31st January, 1837. They allege that the said Taylor is iu the unlawful possession of a part of said tract of land and, being in unlawful pcssession thereof, “without right or title thereto, and in bad faith and in fraud, knowing that the same was the property of…
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