Amite Bank & Trust Co. v. Singleton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Helena; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Partition by the Amito Bank & Trust Company against Fred Singleton and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiff is the owner in indivisión with the six defendants, three of whom are minors, of a tract containing 410 acres of land, part of which is high land and another part swamp land. It sues for a partition by licitation. W. T. Holland was appointed tutor ad hoe to represent the minors, Lawrence, Charlie, and Samuel Singleton, and he answered, denying that the property was indivisible in kind. The major heirs answered that the property was susceptible of division in kind; that they are living on said land, and do not desire to have the land sold; that they, together, are the owners of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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