Succession of Powers v. Howcott
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court; Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Frank Zengel, administrator of the'succession of Samuel Powers, against W. H. Howcott, in which Samuel S. Labouisse and others were cited. From the judgment, Charles Louque, substituted plaintiff, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This suit was filed on 'December 16, 1903, by Prank Zengel, administrator of the succession of Samuel Powers, to annul the defendant’s several titles to squares 7 and 12 and that part of square 24 of Marly lying south of the Washington Shell road, and to have said property decreed to belong to said succession.
The petition represents that said three squares, with five others, were acquired by the deceased from the succession of P. N. Wood on May 31, 1870, by a certain notarial act of sale. The petition further represents that said succession was opened in 1894 by petitioner’s predecessor under…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- R. McWilliams, Ltd v. Gulf States Land & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- State v. NixSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Grayson v. SanfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. SandersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
- Succession of Powers v. HowcottSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919