Timberlake v. Sorrell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Bossier; R. C. Drew, Judge. Action by Mrs. Donna Timberlake and others against John A. Sorrell. From the judgment, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvqsty, J.
Plaintiffs sue for a partition, the same to be made in kind, if possible;, their interest being one-third. They allege that the interest of defendant is two-thirds, and that for some time past defendant has been administering the common property and collecting the rents, and should be made to account for one-third of said rents. The property consists of lots in different parts of Bossier City. Plaintiffs and their former co-owners, from the latter of whom defendant acquired the two-thirds interest which he now owns, suffered the property to remain unimproved and unproductive. Defendant first…
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