Legal Opinion
Bishop v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 15, 1952No. 40643PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
This is a petitory action in which the plaintiffs seek to recover a three-fourths interest in’ 74.64 acres of land situated in Claiborne Parish, by virtue of their ownership as heirs of their deceased half-sister, Angall Bishop Walton.
Angall Bishop Walton was the only child of the marriage of Tom Bishop to Janie Butler Bishop. Janie Butler died in 1912 and thereafter Angall, as sole heir of her mother, inherited by representation a one- seventh interest in a tract of land situated in Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14, T. 23 N. R. 7 W., Claiborne Parish, comprising 525 acres and…
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