Taylor v. Allen
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Claiborne; J. E. Reynolds, Judge. Suit by Lillie G. Taylor against Angeline Allen to have petitioner recognized as sole heir of a decedent and put in possession of decedent’s lands described in the petition. Judgment for petitioner, and the State and George West appeal as parties aggrieved by the judgment.
1DissentProvosty, J.
The bone of contention in this case is a tract of land which a colored woman named Lona McGee owned at her death, and which has become very valuable as the result of the discovery of oil upon it. This land was in the possession of one of the appellants, George West. The plaintiff, Lillie G. Taylor, also a colored woman, the illegitimate offspring of the said Lona McGee, obtained an order of court sending her into possession of the succession of her said mother, and brought a petitory action against George West in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Citizens' Bank of Columbia v. Bellamy Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Succession of LamptonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- Levert v. Shirley Planting Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Puyoulet v. GehrkeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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