Frost Lumber Industries, Inc. v. Harrison

McCALEB, Justice.

This is an action for a partition of an eighty acre tract of land located in Union Parish which was acquired in 1901 by a colored man named Andy Harrison during the existence of his marriage with Mariah Harrison. Andy Harrison died intestate in 1905, being survived by his widow and several children. Upon his death, a one-half interest in the tract devolved upon Mariah, as widow in community, and she also became vested with the usufruct of the other undivided one-half which was inherited by the children from their father. On November 21st, 1913, Mariah Harrison sold, by…