Pearce v. Ford
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish' of Rapides; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Petitory action by B. M. Pearce and' others against H. Frank Ford and others to recover an undivided three-fourths interest in land. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Joshua Pearce was twice married. 1-Ie had issue only with his first wife. These were B. M., William, Joseph, and Eliza Pearce. Not knowing that the law strikes with nullity any settlement attempted to be made of the succession of a living person, he made what he thought was a legal settlement of his own succession with his children and grandchildren. He then gave by will to his second wife the property in controversy, a 100-acre plantation in the parish of Rap-ides, on which he lived. He died in 1879. In 1882 his will was set aside, at the suit of B. M. and Eliza Pearce. Although the effect…
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