Chew v. McDermott
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT- OP THE THIRD DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOP PRESIDING. This was an action by the heirs to compel the vendee of a co-heir to contribute to the payment of a debt for which . ... .... , . . the estate in ins possession had been mortgaged by the ancestor. Their was judgment for the defendant and the plaintiffs •appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
The petition states, that one Samuel Chew died in the year 1820, and by his last will and testament, acknowledged he had sold part of his estate to his son Edward R, Chew, and bequeathed the remaining portion of his estate to his said son, and to his wife Nancy Chew, and his daughter Sarah . Ann Chew. '
That the wife and daughter have since died intestate, leaving the petitioners and Edward R. Chew, their forced heirs, and that the property so bequeathed was liable to a mortgage to one Johnson.
That the property received by the petitioners has been made liable for the mortgage deed: that the…
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