Wells v. Blackman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; James Alexander Williams, Judge ad hoc. Action by E. M. Wells and others against W. F. Blackman, in which Eugene V. Weems and others intervened. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
This is a petitory action, brought by Ennemon M. Wells, Jeff Wells, and Mesdames Cockerille, Jones, Calvit, and Taylor, as the heirs of their mother, Mrs. Jeannette Dent, deceased, widow of Montford Wells, to recover six undivided eighths interests in a portion of Upper Wellswood plantation, in the parish of Rapides, together with rents and revenues in the same proportion. Defendant denies some of the allegations upon which plaintiffs rely, admits others, sets up title derived through mesne conveyance from Mrs. Jeannette Wells, and pleads estoppel and…
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