Wells v. Files
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; E. W. Sutherlin, Judge. Suit by Ruth Wells and others against John B. Files. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
LAND, J.
We shall first consider the plea of res judicata filed by the defendant. .
In October, 1910, Ernest Clark sued for a partition of the lands in question, representing that he owned an undivided one-tenth interest therein, and that the other nine-tenths belonged to L. O. Williams, Mittie Williams, and John B. Files, and the minors, Early, Ruth, and James Williams. The said defendants accepted service of the petition and acknowledged citation. R. H. Harrell, tutor, signed for Early and James Williams, and Ruth Wells, born Williams, and Charles Wells, her husband, signed for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Thibodeaux v. ThibodeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Wells v. BlackmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Bayhi v. BayhiSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- Choppin v. Union National BankSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- Skinner v. DameronSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843
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