Wadkins v. Producers' Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, 'Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Action by W. H. Wadkins against the Producers’ Oil Company and another. From a .judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This was a petitory action.
The tutor of Effie Bell Wadkins claimed an undivided half interest in the S. E. % of township 20 N., range 16 W.
On the 25th day of February, 1895, W. H. Wadkins, father of Effie, filed his application for the entry of the land described under the homestead law. The entry was allowed and the necessary papers issued to him. At the end of five years, to wit, on September 8, 1899, he made final proof and obtained a patent.
W. H. Wadkins married Mary Jane MeCatheron on June 24, 1894, and she died on the 5th day of December, 1896. There were two children born of this first…
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