Stokes v. Shackleford
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OP EAST EATON ROUSE, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiff for himself and as tutor of his minor child, instituted this suit to recover one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he alleges, the defendants, John Shackleford and Joseph Cooper, without color of title, have taken into their possession, and refuse to deliver up.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OP EAST EATON ROUSE, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiff for himself and as tutor of his minor child, instituted this suit to recover one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he alleges, the defendants, John Shackleford and Joseph Cooper, without color of title, have taken into their possession, and refuse to deliver up. He shows., that he purchased said land at the probate sale of the succession of his wife’s mother, for the sum of five hundred and ten dollars. He prays that it be restored to him, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiff in his own right, and as tutor of bis minor child, sues for a tract of land under the following circumstances.
His wife, the mother of the minor, being entitled to receive a portion of her mother’s estate, the property was sold at public auction, with a view to a partition, and the land in question was adjudicated to the plaintifij who was also to receive a share coming to one of the minor heirs, whose tutor he was. In a settlement with the co-heirs he is charged with several sums of money and the price of the land, and the wife jointly with him signed a receipt for her share of…
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