Scovel v. Levy's Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo;' Rhydon Dickens Webb, Judge ad hoe. Action by Mrs. Mary Lee Scovel and another against the heirs of S. Levy, Jr. From the judgment an appeal is taken.
Read the full summary
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo;' Rhydon Dickens Webb, Judge ad hoe. Action by Mrs. Mary Lee Scovel and another against the heirs of S. Levy, Jr. From the judgment an appeal is taken. In this case, his honor, Mr. Justice LAND, being recused, and their honors, the Chief Justice and the other Associate Justices being evenly divided in opinion as to the proper determination to be made of the issues involved, Judge Horace L. Dufour of the Court of Appeal for the parish of Orleans, having been called upon by previous order of this court to sit in the case, pronounced the…
1Opinion of the CourtDufour, J.
This suit is an echo of certain litigation which, in its various phases, has several times before engaged the attention of this court.
Mrs. M. L. Scovell and Mrs. Charles L. Gaines claim, as owners by inheritance from their deceased mother, Sallie E. Vance, wife of S. J. Zeigler, an undivided one-fourth interest in “North Buckhall,” a continuous plantation situated partly in each of the parishes of Caddo and Bossier. They further ask for an accounting for one-fourth of the rents and revenues, for a partition by lieitation, and for the recognition with preference of certain paraphernal rights…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State v. American Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- Dequindre v. WilliamsIndiana Supreme Court · 1869
- Zeigler v. His CreditorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
- Geisenberger v. CottonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Lockhart v. LockhartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
15 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by10 opinions
- Quarles v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- Himel v. ConnelySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Evans v. HamnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Soniat v. WhiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Sandfield Oil Gas Co. v. PaulLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1942
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.