Stone v. Jefferson

HIGGINS, Justice.

The plaintiff instituted a suit against the defendants for a partition by licitation of a 116-acre tract of land located in Bossier Parish, Louisiana,' alleging that he was a co-owner of an undivided half interest therein and that the defendants were the owners of the other undivided half interest in certain designated proportions. The defendants, in their answer, denied that the plaintiff was the owner of an undivided half interest in the South half of the tract or 58 acres and disclaimed any interest in the North half of the tract or 58 acres. The case was tried on its…