Deshotels v. Lafleur
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of, Evangeline. Petitory action by Olivier Deshotels and others against Merante Lalleur and others. Judgment for defendants in the district court was affirmed by the Court of Appeal, and plaintiffs apply for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Plaintiffs, as the children and heirs of Irsael Deshotels, Sr., and Colas-tine Vizena, his wife, brought this petitory action to recover from the widow and heirs of Gustave B. Fontenot a tract of land containing 150 arpents, with the improvements thereon, lying in the parish of Evangeline; the facts relied on, as supporting their demand, being substantially as follows, to wit:
Israel Deshotels, Sr., acquired the land in question, included in a tract measuring about 200 arpents, as community property, from the United States government; and at his death, intestate, in 1899, his undivided half…
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