Buffington v. Buffington

126 So.2d 326 (1961)

240 La. 955

Mrs. Jane BUFFINGTON, Wife of L. Zimmerman KING,

v.

Mrs. Rowena Morrison BUFFINGTON, Widow of Dr. Wiley R. Buffington.

No. 45237.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 9, 1961.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1961.

Jacob H. Morrison, New Orleans, for relator and defendant-appellee.

James I. McCain, New Orleans, for respondent.

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment, in which the plaintiff, owner of one-twelfth of an undivided half interest in certain lands[1] subject to a usufruct in favor of the defendant, seeks a declaration that she, and not the…