Martinez v. Wall
Citations
- 107 La. 737
Syllabus
<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>The objection to an acceptance of title raised by an adjudicatee of property sold under a judgment of partition that one of the joint owners of the property had not been made a party to the partition proceedings, will not be sustained where the evidence shows that the interest which is alleged to have been not represented was that of. a presumptive ITeir in a succession opened in 1877, and whose Existence was then unknown and continues still to be unknown. Under such circumstances a partition sale made contradictorily with the co-heirs of the absentee, under decree of court, will protect the purchaser.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- giving plaintiff’s forum preference less deference because the action was for declaratory judgment but still denying transfer because defendant “has not shown that the balance of factors barely, if at all, tilts in its favor”
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Judges: Nicholls
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