Touchy v. Gulf Land Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Action by Henry H. Touchy against the Gulf Land Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a petitory action to recover a tract of land which belonged to Mrs. Davis C. Touchy, deceased. Plaintiff is the son and sole heir of the decedent, and at the time of her death was a minor. The surviving husband and father, Victor Touchy, qualified as natural tutor and proceeded to administer the succession, which owed debts. In the year 1901 the said tutor sold the land in dispute at private sale to the defendant company for the price of $1,400, paid in cash'.
The succession was administered, the debts paid, and an account was rendered and homo-logated. The residuum was delivered to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Heirs of Wood v. NichollsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
- Blair v. DwyerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
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- Heirs of Self v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
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