City of New Orleans v. Heirs of Guillotte

The plaintiff and defendants are joint owners of the Magazine Street Market, at the corner of Magazine and St. Mary Streets, and of the ground upon which said market is situated, in certain proportions stated in the petition and answer filed in this cause. The .plaintiffs are desirous of terminating this joint ownership by a partition, for which purpose they institute this action.

In their petition, they allege that the property cannot be divided in kind, and pray that it be sold at public auction, and the proceeds of sale divided between the parties in the proportion of their respective…