SHORTS v. DANIEL

No. 16011-CA.

447 So.2d 522 (1984)

Caleb SHORTS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andrew DANIEL, et al, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watson & Watson by Philip B. Watson, Jr., St. Joseph, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Sturgeon, Gore & Gremillion by John Sturgeon, Ferriday, for defendants-appellants.

John D. Crigler, St. Joseph, for any unknown Heirs of Mose Gwinn.

Before MARVIN and JASPER E. JONES, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro. Tem.


CULPEPPER, Judge Pro Tem.

In this suit for declaratory judgment to have six1 plaintiffs declared to be the owners of immovable property located in Tensas Parish, eleven2 defendants appeal an adverse judgment. The pivotal issue presented in this appeal is whether as a matter of law, the defendants are entitled to participate in a succession through the legal fiction known as "representation". Finding no error...

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