Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 26, 1917No. 21062Published
Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Catahoula; Riley J. Wilson, Judge. Suit for partition by H. S. Nichols against Mrs. E. S. Bryan and others, wherein the Britton & Koontz Bank .filed opposition. From the judgment, there is an appeal.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
LECHE, J.
[3] A rehearing was granted in this case, mainly for the reason that we entertained some doubt as to the correctness of our ruling to the effect that the purchasers of the property sought to be partitioned in this suit could not avail themselves of the benefit of article 1343 of the Civil Code.
That article reads as follows:
“Any coheir of age, at the sale of the hereditary effects, can become a purchaser to the amount * * * owing to him from the succession, and he is not obliged to pay the surplus * * * over the portion coming to him, until this portion has been…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Village of Cedar Grove v. BartmessSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918