Hicks v. Hicks
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Suit by Bessie Hicks against J. Elgee Hicks and others. From a portion of a judgment for plaintiff ordering partition in kind, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Defendant J. Elgee Hicks appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff ordering a partition in kind of certain property belonging to him and his coheirs, limiting his appeal, however, to that portion of the judgment declaring that certain mortgage notes held by him constituted a donation made by his mother to him, and that it was void for want of form.
The suit originally embraced a multiplicity of issues; but this appeal, in the motion and order for appeal, is confined to one issue, namely:
“That portion of the final judgment rendered herein * * * and embodied in paragraph 2 of the decree of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Succession of FoersterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
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