Abshire v. Lege
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal- from Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Yermillion; Win. P. Edwards, Judge. Petitory action by Belzire Abshire, widow of Alexander Lege, Jr., against F. D. Lege, in which certain heirs of Alexander Lege, Jr., deceased, intervened. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff and interveners appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Belzire Abshire Lege, widow of Alexander Lege, Jr., brings this petitory action against her brother-in-law F. D. Lege to recover the S. % of the N. E. % of section 10, township 12 south, range 3 east, parish of Yermillion. Defendant claims to have acquired plaintiff’s title at a sheriff’s sale made under a fi. fa.
The land in question belonged originally to Alexander Lege, Jr., husband of the plaintiff and brother of the defendant. It was sold at his succession sale, in 1873, to the plaintiff. The sale was on a credit; and plaintiff furnished her notes, for the price.
In 1875 the administrator…
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