Groves v. Sentell
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ' THE UNITED STATES FOE ! THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Fanny ,B. Lambeth and Dora Lambeth, as heirs to their deceased father, were the owners, in equal undivided proportions, of certain parcels of real estate situated in the parish of Avoyelles in Louisiana.. Two of these parcels were known, respectively, as the “ Leinster Plantation ” and the “ Lucky Hit Plantation.”
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ' THE UNITED STATES FOE ! THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Fanny ,B. Lambeth and Dora Lambeth, as heirs to their deceased father, were the owners, in equal undivided proportions, of certain parcels of real estate situated in the parish of Avoyelles in Louisiana.. Two of these parcels were known, respectively, as the “ Leinster Plantation ” and the “ Lucky Hit Plantation.” Fanny B. Lambeth was married in April, 1865, to Christopher M. Randolph. The Leinster plantation was leased during 1865, ’66, and ’67 to John Rhea, who died in October, 1867, pending the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
As Martha Groves and W. J. Groves and Pogue, adminis trator, are the only appellants, the correctness of the decree in their favor and against Mrs. Randolph and Sentell is not before us. In this regard that decree is final. The Stephen, Morgan, 94 U. S. 599.
The first apparent question is the correctness of the decree, holding that certain payments which were made on the note should have been imputed to Mrs. Randolph’s portion, instead of to the note as a whole. The payments which were thus imputed by the lower court were those made subsequent to the notarial act of 1873, in which the parties…
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