Michel v. Davis's Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, POR THE TARISH OP EAST BATON ROUGE, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action of partition.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, POR THE TARISH OP EAST BATON ROUGE, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action of partition. The plaintiff alleges he is joint owner of one undivided half of a tract of six hundred and forty acres of land, situated in the parish of East Baton Rouge, and confirmed to one John Fridge, by commissioners’ certificate, in August, 1823; that the late D. Davis acquired title to the other half of this tract, (three hundred and twenty acres,) and that an order of survey issued from the land office, the 21st of December, 1825, in…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiff in this case sues for a partition of a tract of land, which he alleges he holds in common with the defendants. There was judgment in his favor and the defendants appealed.
They allege, in their answer, that they are proprietors of the whole tract.
The plaintiff derives title from John Fridge, who sold him one undivided half of a tract of land of six hundred and forty acres, claimed by him, in virtue of a commissioner’s certificate. He further presents a document signed by the *154plaintiff, and David Davis, the ancestor of. the defendants, in which they represent themselves as joint…
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