Legal Opinion

Baronet v. Houssiere

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 25, 1918No. 21042PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Petitory action and suit for partition by Prosper Baronet and others against Eugene Houssiere and others. From a judgment rejecting their demands, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtO’Niedd, J.

This is a petitory action for a fourth interest in 320 acres of land, being the south half of a tract designated as section 38, in T. 9 S., R. 1 W., and section 32, in T. 9 S., R. 2 W. The suit is also for a partition of the land. The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment rejecting their demands.

They claim title by inheritance from their mother, Cecelia 'Simon Baronet, who died in 1892. Her husband, Theodore Baronet, bought a half interest in the land from the heirs of Alexander R. Broussard on the 10th of March, 1891, during the marital community existing between the plaintiffs’ parents. Hence a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Carey v. CagneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kivlen v. HorvathSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  2. Emmer v. RectorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  3. Millannos v. FatterLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
  4. Isacks v. DeutschLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
  5. Hadwin v. SledgeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959

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