Bruton v. Braselton

The plaintiff, wife of A. B. Bruton, instituted two separate suits in the district court of Claiborne parish, to recover an undivided one-eighth interest in a 20-acre tract, and an undivided one-eighth interest in a 40-acre tract, as one of the seven heirs of J. E. Powell and Mrs. E. J. Powell, deceased father and mother of claimant. The property in controversy is alleged to have been acquired by decedents during the existence between them of the community of acquets and gains. These suits were consolidated fór trial.

In the first suit, No. 5578, plaintiff seeks to recover of Leo Braselton and…