Lambert v. Succession of DeHass

SARTAIN, Judge.

This is a suit to effect a partition of immovable property by licitation. Plaintiff, Emile R. Lambert, purchased a nine percent interest in the subject property at a tax sale. The heirs of Louis J. DeHass were named as defendants. Inasmuch as their identities and addresses were unknown a Curator ad Hoc was appointed to represent their interests and to effect service of process. The heirs of Reginald Johnson and Mrs. Evy Hurst Johnson, namely, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Granier, Mrs. Joyce Johnson DeBlanc, and Mrs. Helen Johnson Cedotal, intervened alleging that they had inherited the…