Rightor v. Phelps
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of Ascension, Nicholls, J. Abraham F. Rightor, and Elizabeth Ann, his wife, daughter of William Conway, deceased, and the cither heirs of the said Conway, are appellants from a judgment of the court below.
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiffs' represent, that being entitled as heirs of William Conway to certain tracts of land called the White Cliff claims, amounting in all to 4560 arpens, which they held in common, and which lands were then possessed by other persons claim*326ing title under the United States, and that being determined to apply to Congress for permission to locate an equal quantity of lands on any of the unappropriated lands of the United States in the state of Louisiana, they did by a notarial act bargain and agree to sell to the defendant, Phelps, all their light and title to the said tracts of land,…
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