Priestly v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thos. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Ethel M. Priestly and another against Julia Steele Chapman and her husband. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiffs sue for the partition of four improved lots of ground in this city, which they allege they own in common with their aunt and sister, Julia Steele Chapman, wife, etc., having inherited them from their grandfather and father, Shedrick Chapman. Defendant alleges that she acquired said lots by purchase and dation en paiement from her father, Shedrick Chapman, and has been in possession since her acquisition. She alleges the nullity of a certain judgment, of date April 30, 1909, rendered in the matter of Shedrick Chapman v. Julia Steele Isles and Husband,…
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