Legal Opinion
Merritt v. Hays
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 27, 1959No. 43724PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
In this suit plaintiff sought partition by licitation of a certain tract of land described as follows, viz.: “EV2 of Block 14 N, less a lot described as beginning at the Northeast corner of said Block, running West along the line between Hays property and the W. J. Colbert lands a distance of 135 feet, thence North 135 feet to the point of beginning, said lot fronting on GibslandAthens Highway” located in the Town of Gibsland in Bienville Parish. The defendant took the position that the plaintiff does not own any interest in the property sought to be partitioned. In…
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