Carter v. Carter

EDWARDS, Judge.

Plaintiff, Hamilton Carter, filed this action for a declaratory judgment to determine his rights in certain immovable property.

Plaintiff’s petition made the following allegations: Richard Carter acquired 11 acres of land and in said acquisition described himself as “once married and then to Ernestine Harrison, from whom he was legally divorced.” Richard Carter died in October, 1969. On June 5,1970, a suit for executory process was filed against the “Richard Carter Estate,” praying that those 11 acres be sold at public sale to satisfy a mortgage granted by Richard Carter on…