De Gentile v. White Castle Lumber & Shingle Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Assumption; Paul Leche, Judge. Action by Odette de Gentile and others against the White Castle Lumber & Shingle Company, Limited. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Odette de Gentile, Sister of Religion, residing in the republic of France, and Mrs. Louise de Gentile, widow of Arthemise Fortier, a resident of Trinidad, Port of Spain, allege that they are owners in indivisión of two-twelfths of certain property situated in Assumption parish, and that the defendant is the owner of the balance of the land. They ask for a partition of the same by licitation.
Defendant answers, denying plaintiffs’ title, and setting up title in itself to the whoie property.
All parties claim from a common author, Alphonse de Gentile, who died in Assumption parish in 1868. He…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Miller v. McElweeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857
3Cited by4 opinions
- Succession of WhiteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
- Succession of WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Succession of ChismLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Succession of SteinbergLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955