Gahn v. Brown

This is a petitory action for the recovery of real estate which belonged to the succession of Edward Cunningham, deceased, but which had been sold by persons claiming to be the sole heirs and legatee.

The petition alleges that plaintiff's mother was duly and legally adopted by Edward Cunningham and his wife, Eloise Leger, by notarial act passed before Julien Michel, a notary public, during the month of March, 1877, under the authority of a judgment of the second district court of the parish of Orleans, rendered and signed March 22, 1877, in No. 39344 of the docket of that court; that…