Gravier v. Livingston
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the first district. The plaintiffs, as heirs of Bertrand Gravier, claimed three-fourths of the batture, of the fau- ’ * bourg St. Mary, possessed by the defendants, ven-dees of John Gravier, a co-heir of the plaintiffs.
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Appeal from the court of the first district. The plaintiffs, as heirs of Bertrand Gravier, claimed three-fourths of the batture, of the fau- ’ * bourg St. Mary, possessed by the defendants, ven-dees of John Gravier, a co-heir of the plaintiffs. The petition stated that the plaintiffs, three number, and John Gravier, were the only brothers and sisters of Bertrand Gravier, who died intestate, without leaving any lineal relations, possessed of a number of unsold lots in the faubourg, of a plantation in the rear and the batture in front —that John Gravier, the only one of the co-heirs, in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mathews, J,
delivered the opinion of the court. †
*401The plaintiffs and appellants, in this case, after -stating that they and J. Gravier are the only heirs of Bertrand Gravier, deceased, alledge that John has sold to the defendants his undivided fourth part of a certain tract or parcel of land known by the name of the batture, situated in front of the faubourg St. Mary, being a part of the succession of said Bertrand Gravier; and that in consequence of this sale they are owers of said land in common with the defendants. They conclude their petition with a prayer for partition.
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