Washington v. Palmer

This is an action for a partition in which the plaintiff asserts title to an undivided one-half interest in a tract of land located in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, which interest is alleged to have vested in plaintiff by virtue of her rights under the community of acquets and gains which existed between her and Almer L. Washington, plaintiff's divorced husband, now deceased.

The defendant claims ownership of the entire interest in the property by reason of his purchase at execution sale held under authority of a writ of fieri facias.

The pertinent facts, which are undisputed or established…