Woods v. Lee

This is an action by the heirs of Ezer E. Woods to annul the probate sale of a tract of land in the parish of Be Soto made on the twenty-eighth February, 18'51, to,one Joseph D. Lee, from wiiom the defendants acquired, on the following grounds :

First — The order of sale is insufficient and void because the clerk hád'no authority'to make it, and because petitioners, who are the *506forced heirs of the deceased, were not notified of the application for said order. It is insufficient and void because the day fixed for the sale did not admit of the legal delay required for advertising and was not…