Sanders v. Tremont Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Winn; Cas Moss, Judge. Suit by C. M. Sanders and others against the Tremont Lumber Company. Decree for plaintiffs in part and for defendant in part, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
Plaintiffs sue as heirs of their mother, to recover from defendant the undivided half of certain property acquired by their father, during his marriage with their said mother and sold by him, without authority, after her death. The district court refused their demand as to one of the properties in suit, viz.: The southwest quarter of section 8, in township 12 N., R. 1 west, and this appeal, taken by them, is restricted to their claim to that property.
Defendant, at the time of the institution of this suit, and at the time it filed its original answer, owned the south half and the merchantable…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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