Pannell's Heirs v. Overton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dist. 4ITEAL FROM THE COURT OP THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, POR. THE PARISH OP RAPIDES, TIIE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING.
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Western Dist. 4ITEAL FROM THE COURT OP THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, POR. THE PARISH OP RAPIDES, TIIE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. The heirs of Frances Pannell, deceased by their tutrix, bring suit and oppose the homologation of a sale of a tract of land, containing five hundred arpents on bayou Wacksha, in the parish of St. Landry, and which she alleges was confirmed to Mrs. Frances Pannell, on the 29th day of April, 1816. This la/id with other properly,. was ceded by David Pannell, in 1823, to his creditors. In making his cession the petitioner stales, “ that he has received from the…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This case appears before us in the form of a petitory action, engrafted on a monition under the act of 1834. The appellant having purchased at syndic’s sale, a tract of land, in Opelousas, obtained by a monition from the clerk of the District Court, calling on all persons interested, who could set up any right, title or claim, in and to the property, in consequence of any informality in the order, or for any oLher defect whatsoever, to show cause why the sale should not be confirmed and homologated, in pursuance of the act of 1834. The land purchased is described as a tract of five hundred…
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