Wilson v. Marshall
Supreme Court of Louisiana
from Ninth District Court of Concordia, Frn'rar, Eirs.t. — That an intestate estate is not vacated for want of acceptance, but for want of some one known who can accept. Second. — That there can be no such' thing as a vacant estate, where there are forced heirs known, present'or represented.
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from Ninth District Court of Concordia, Frn'rar, Eirs.t. — That an intestate estate is not vacated for want of acceptance, but for want of some one known who can accept. Second. — That there can be no such' thing as a vacant estate, where there are forced heirs known, present'or represented. Third. — That the property of the estate of the parent vests by law in the child at the moment of the death of the deceased; that the said heir is seized of it of full right, and necessarily transmits it to his successor, by the provisions of both codes. Eor the point last stated, in addition to the…
1Opinion of the CourtSpoitord, J.
The plaintiff, as sole surviving heir of John Wilson, deceased, claims of the defendant a tract of 301 arpents of land in the parish of Concordia, by virtue of a certificate of confirmation granted to her ancestor on the 11th May, 1811.
The defendant sets up a title to the same land through divers mesne conveyances from one Jonathan Thompson, who is said to have acquired all the interest of John Wilson in the said tract by virtue of two sales for taxes, made by the Parish Judge of Concordia, one on the 9th of January, 1813, and tho other on the 8th of May of tho same year. A plea of…
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