Legal Opinion

Alexander v. Light

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 23, 1904No. 15,130PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Conrad De Baillon, Judge. Action by George M. D. Alexander and another against Mary Ann Light and others. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, J.

Plaintiffs, George M. D. and Alfred Alexander, pray to be recognized as owners in indivisión with the defendant Mrs. Mary Ann Light of certain land in the parish of Acadia, the title to which stands in the name of Samuel B. Light, and they further pray for a partition of the property.

There was judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, decreeing them to be part owners of the property, but remitting them to another action for a partition, and the defendants have appealed. The facts disclosed by the record are as follows:

The land in question had been acquired by…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hake v. LeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hodgeson v. McDanielSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
  2. Murphy v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
  3. Wall v. HamnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
  4. Gulf Refining Co. v. Jeems Bayou Hunting & Fishing ClubSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  5. Fitch v. BroussardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963

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