Prater v. Craighead
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Action by Adeline Prater and others against Charles D. Craighead. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeál.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
This is a petitory action, brought by the administrators of the succession of William E. Prater and by his surviving widow and heirs. The property claimed are lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, of section 22, township 15 south, range 11 east, and lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of section 4, township 16 south, range 11 east, all situated in the parish of St. Mary. The petition was filed on the 8th of August, 1905. It is averred that William E. Prater acquired the property by purchase from B. A. Hampton by deed duly recorded in the parish of St. Mary, on April 8, 1904; that…
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