Doucet v. Fenelon
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal .from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Philip Sidney Pugh, Judge. Petitory action by Adam Doucet and others against Michael Fenelon. Judgment for defendant and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholls, J.
In May, 1894, Ermance Doucet, wife of Eli Ledoux, and Marie Dou-cet, wife of Jean B. Simon, joined by their husbands, filed in the district court for Acadia parish a petition in which they alleged:
That their father, Achille Doucet, had died, leaving Mrs. Celima Reed as surviving widow, and the following forced heirs, namely, Adam, Derbusse, Leonce/and Dominique, minors, issue of his marriage with their mother aforenamed, also petitioners.
That their said mother, Celima Reed, as surviving widow in community, was the undivided half owner of the property below described, and petitioners and the…
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