Guillory v. Elms
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; William P. Edwards, Judge. Action by Joseph A. Guillory and others against Charles S. Elms. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiffs allege that as the heirs of their ancestor, Joseph Simon Fon-tenot, they are the owners of a tract of land in the parish of St. Landry, described as section 33, in township 3 S., range 3 E., less the S. E. % of the S. E. ]4 of said section; that their ancestor acquired the land from the state of Louisiana on April 17, 1862, and that neither he nor his heirs have ever parted therewith; that there were assessed for the year 1895 to the heirs of Joseph Simon Fontenot “391.34 acres of land, being the S. E. % of the S. E. % in township three, south, of…
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