Legal Opinion

Robert v. Brown

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided August 15, 1859PublishedCited by 7 opinions

from the District Court of the Parish of Natchitoches, Chaplin, J.

1Opinion of the CourtMerrick, C. J.

“ This is an action brought by the administrator on account

of the creditors, and the heirs in tlieir own right, to restore the property in controversy, together with the fruits and revenues, to the successions of Samuel & Susan M. Quarles.

“Plaintiffs allege, that the land was owned by their ancestors, Samuel & Susan M. Quarles, at the time of their death, in 1848, and that their title has never been legally divested; that the sale by John II. Quarles, on the 1st of April, 1850, under which the defendants claimed, is null and void, because he had no authority to make it, that is to say, there…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Beard v. MorancySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Fried v. BradleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  2. Hamilton v. McKeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  3. Simpson v. BulkleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  4. Miguez v. DelcambreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
  5. Mandel v. McAnnLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1931

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