Nethery v. Louisiana Central Lumber Co.

Plaintiffs brought this suit to be recognized as the owners of an' undivided one-half interest in and for the partition by licitation of the following described property, viz.:

“N. E. % of section 14. S. % of N. E. % and S. E. %, section 11, all in township 12 north, range 3 east, situated in Caldwell parish, Louisiana, and containing 440 acres, more or less.”

Defendant denied plaintiffs’ ownership in the land and their right to a partition thereof. Defendant also pleaded prescription and estoppel, and set up an alternative demand for one-half the purchase price and taxes paid and for the value…