Liles v. Brown

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This appeal arises from the homologation of a judicial partition of property owned in indivisión by the litigants. Plaintiff-appel-lee Ralph Liles and defendant-appellant Roy Brown, Jr. entered into a joint real estate venture in 1968 intending to create a subdivision and market the lots therein. In furtherance of the joint venture, a checking account was opened, loans obtained, and in due course, various movables and immov-ables were purchased.

In 1982 appellee Liles petitioned the district court for a partition in kind of the property owned by Liles and Brown. Liles…