Jefferson Lake Oil Co. v. Loughridge

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for partition of a tract of land having an area of 192 acres in Iberia parish. The plaintiff has a fifth interest in the land; one of the three defendants has three-tenths interest; and each of the two others has a fourth interest. The plaintiff alleged that the land,could not be divided in kind without diminution of its value, and prayed for a partition by licitation. The defendants denied that the property could not be divided in kind without diminution of its value, and insisted that the court should order it divided in kind. The judge, after…