Gay v. Marrionneaux

This is a suit to partition certain property held iij common by the plaintiff aud the defendants. A sale of the property was ordered by the District Court to effect the partition. Gay had been in possession of the property before the sale, and he presented to "the notary, who had been appointed to make the partition, a claim against the joint owners, amounting to ten thousand three hundred and sixty dollars, for improvements placed on the plantation at his own cost.

Opposition to this claim having been made by some of the joint owners, the matter was referred to the judge by the notary.

The…