Heirs of Balfour v. Balfour
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eighth Judicial District Court, parish of East Oar-roll. Delony, J. First — That plaintiffs and defendant were undivided proprietors of the effects of the succession of their common ancestor, ‘W. B. Balfour, for the part or portion coming to each, of them, which, amon'g them, forms as heirs a community of property as long as it remains undivided.
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APPEAL from the Eighth Judicial District Court, parish of East Oar-roll. Delony, J. First — That plaintiffs and defendant were undivided proprietors of the effects of the succession of their common ancestor, ‘W. B. Balfour, for the part or portion coming to each, of them, which, amon'g them, forms as heirs a community of property as long as it remains undivided. B. C. G. 1292. ^Second — That plaintiffs’ interest in the Ayrie plantation, belonging to the said succession, being recognized and fixed by defendant as one undivided balf interest of said plantation, they were entitled to one-half of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
Plaintiffs, for one undivided half, and defendant, for the other undivided half, were joint owners of the Eyrie plantation, in the parish of East Carroll, from December 1st, 1873, when plaintiffs acquired their half interest by conveyance from the defendant, to the year 1879, when there took place a judicial partition between them.
Plaintiffs, in their petition herein, aver that in the deed by which defendant sold to them the half of the plantation, he stipulated “ to-pay them six hundred dollars as their half of the rents of said place during…
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