Sprowl v. Lockett
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Red River; Charles V. Porter, Judge. Petition by L. P. Sprowl and others against N. M. Lockett and others, for revendication of property under a lost will. Exception of no cause of action, maintaining plaintiffs’ appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
The relevant allegations in the petition in this case are, substantially, as follows:
That petitioners are the only surviving children of Wm. Sprowl, who died insolvent in the parish of Red River; that his brother, Jonathan Sprowl, with his wife, Nancy Barker, in 1862, by authority of a special statute, and by notarial act, adopted Alice L. Hammett; that in January, 1864, Mrs Sprowl died without issue; that in July of that year Jonathan Sprowl married Mrs. Nancy M. Long, and thereafter, in community with her, acquired property in this state; that in January, 1869, Miss Hammett married A. J.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- In re Sprowl's WillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
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