Gonsoulin v. Sparrow
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Suit by Antoine Gonsoulin and another against Stephen Sparrow, in which Hypolite Sparrow filed an intervention. From judgment by the Court of Appeals affirming judgment for plaintiffs, defendants apply for writs of certiorari and review to the Court of Appeals.
1DissentO’Niell, J.
This is a peti-tory action, in which plaintiffs, Antoine Gon-soulin and Sidney L. Broussard, claim 20 arpents of land occupied by Stephen Sparrow. Before answering the suit, he disclosed that he possessed the property, not as sole owner, but as the owner of an eighteenth interest in it, and as the tenant or lessee of his co-owners. He averred that his father, Hy-polite Sparrow, owned a half interest in the property and had the usufruct of the other half interest; and that his, defendant’s, eight brothers and sisters, whom he named, each owned an undivided eighteenth interest in the property.…
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