Legal Opinion
Levy v. Capliss
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 3, 1920No. 22679PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; R. D. Webb, Judge. Suit by Louis Levy and others against E. P. Capliss and another. Judgment for plaintiffs, and the defendants Capliss and A. H. Leonard, warrantor,, appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
Plaintiffs, as children and heirs of Morris Levy, bring this suit for the recovery of 49.97 acres of land, forming part, as they allege, of the “Norris” tract,, of 640 acres, acquired by their father, August 8, 1863, by purchase from E. K. Hall and wife, and of which they allege that William and Edmund Capliss and the heirs of Charles Capliss, herein made defendants, are unlawfully in possession; the land so claimed being described as:
“Beginning at the southeast corner of lot No. 15, of sec. 10, or the intersection of the line between sees. 10 and 15, with…
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- Reed v. GordonNew York Supreme Court · 1823
- Daniels v. HallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
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