McDonald v. Howard

GLADNEY, Judge.

Plaintiffs, eleven in number, alleging themselves to be forced heirs of the late Luther Howard, who died intestate in Caldwell Parish on November 18, 1929, instituted this suit April 9, 1954, against three other forced heirs and Carl Williams and Bourbon Calloway. The case is before this court on appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment sustaining an exception of no cause or right of action, a plea of estoppel and pleas of prescription of five and ten years.

The material allegations of the petition 'disclose: the relationship of plaintiffs and defendants (other than Williams and…