La. Civ. Code art. 1307
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 1307, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.
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Partition between heirs and legatees.
Official statutory text
A partition may be sued for by any heirs, testamentary or ab intestato .
It can also be sued for by any universal legatee or legatee under an universal title, and even by a particular legatee, when a thing has been bequeathed to him in common with one or more persons.
It can also be sued for by any universal legatee or legatee under an universal title, and even by a particular legatee, when a thing has been bequeathed to him in common with one or more persons.
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