Lattimer's Heirs v. Gulf Refining Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth. Judicial District Court, Parish of DeSoto; John H. Boone, Judge. Suit by the ■ heirs of Thomas Lattimer against the Gulf Refining Company of Louisiana and others. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This suit involves the ownership of 50 acres of land constituting the north part of the 80 acres which figure on the map of the United States surveys as the W. % of the S. W. Vi of section 1, township 12, range 12, parish of De Soto. The question is whether this W. % of the S. W., Vi of section 1, was included in a sale made by the administrator of the succession of Ramie De Soto in 1869 to Thomas Lat-timer, father of some of the plaintiffs and grandfather of the others, through whom the plaintiffs claim by inheritance. Some of the defendants claim by inheritance from Ramie De Soto,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Garrett v. SprattSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
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