Douglas v. Nicholson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from' Thirtieth. Judicial District Court, Parish of La Salle; George Wear, Sr., Judge. Petitory action by Sallie Douglas and others against George R. Nicholson and others, and in which Sallie Douglas sued to annul a sale of her interest in a tract of land to George R. Nicholson.
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Appeal from' Thirtieth. Judicial District Court, Parish of La Salle; George Wear, Sr., Judge. Petitory action by Sallie Douglas and others against George R. Nicholson and others, and in which Sallie Douglas sued to annul a sale of her interest in a tract of land to George R. Nicholson. Judgment for plaintiff: declaring the sale from Sallie Douglas to George R. Nicholson to be void, and judgment for defendants against plaintiffs in solido for a certain amount, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a petitory action in which the plaintiffs in their original petition claimed to be the owners of an undivided half interest in the S. y¡, of S. E. % and the W. y¡t of the N. W. % section 22, township 8, range 3, situated in the parish of La Salle, containing 100 acres.
Plaintiff alleged that they acquired said property by inheritance from Joseph Tarpley, as the nearest of kin and sole heirs of said decedent, “that the said Joseph Tarpley was never married but once, and that there were never any issue from the marriage, the said marriage being with Jane Tarpley, who is now living,” and…
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