Wright v. Calhoun
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Richland; John R. McIntosh, Judge. Action by Jacob H. Wright and others against W. L. Calhoun, Jr., and another. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtOverton, J.
This is a petitory action instituted by plaintiffs to recover a three-thirteenths interest in 840 acres of land in Richland parish, and also to recover the value of timber cut and removed from the land.
The plaintiffs are the heirs of their father, George W. Wright, who died intestate on March 14, 1902. After his death their mother, Mrs. Una R. Wright, was appointed and qualified as natural tutrix to the plaintiffs, who were then minors, and A. T. Wright was appointed their undertutor. On January 27, 1903, Mrs. Wright married Daniel Pettit, without the advice of a family meeting recommending…
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