Blank v. Blank
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; John St. Paul, Judge. Action by William P. Blank and others against John Blank and others. From the judgment, the trustee defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This is an action of partition. The petition for the partition was filed in August, 1908.
The heirs who sue for the partition are the issue of the late John Blank and Kunigunda, his widow.
Five of these heirs are plaintiffs, and the sixth heir, a brother, John Blank, is defendant
The latter was adjudged a bankrupt, and in 1906 the German-American Savings Bank & Trust Company was appointed trustee of his estate.
The father of John Blank died some time prior to the latter’s bankruptcy, and the mother died after he had been adjudged a bankrupt.
The trustee and the bankrupt were made defendants.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Boisse v. DicksonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
- Flower, King & Putnam v. MyrickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
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