St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-07
JUDICIAL ADvERr1sE1ENrs.
: ESTATE OF ROBERT A. NEWELL.
No. 1888.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
SALE.

/ By virtue of an order of the Hon. 18th Judi
4 cial District Court, in and for the parish OF st
Landry there will be sold at public auction tt
the highest bidder, by the undersigned admin
istrator or any duly qualified auctioneer, al
the last residence OF the deceased in this parish
on TUESDAY, July oath, 1883, the following
described property belonging to the estate Of
Robert A. Newell, deceased to-wit
/. A certain tract or parcel OF land with al
the improvements thereto pertaining, situated
as is supposed i'll the parish OF st. Landry, Oh
the waters OF Elm Bayou, and bounded as fol
i lows: commencing at the southwest corner o1
the north west quarter OF section twenty-three
in township one south OF range two east OF the
| basis meridian, and runs due north to the banks
of the little Elm Bayou, thence up the said
bayou to the fork coming in from Bayou Boeuf
! from the said fork OF Elm Bayou a due north
course to the upper or north line OF the south
quarter of section twenty three, thence due
east to a point on said line from thence line
runs due south to the south line OF the north
east quarter section thirty-two, and thence to
| the commencing corner, containing three hun
| drcd and forty-nine acres.
| 9 All of certain tract of land, except item
No. which is included in same, to-wit: GER
| tain tract or parcel OF land situated and lying
| in the parishes OF Rapides, AyOyelles and st.
Landry, principally in the parish OF st. Landry,
bounded north by lands supposed to belong TO
John 7. Rhodes, Ralph Smith, Cheney ct ais,
south by lands figuring as a Spanish grant on
the map to G. Adams and j. Thompson or en-
tered in the name OF c. Adams and j. Thomp-
| son, east by lands OF Samuel Compton and A.
| NJ. Haas, and west by lands Of Mrs. Jane Cal
cote, E. u. Griffin and &. W. Spears, containing
one thousand and seventy acres more or less.
with all the buildings and Improvements there
| on being the last residence OF the deceased
g. The north east quarter OF the south west
quarter OF section thirty three andlo No. OF
section thirty-six, all in township one south of
range two east, southwestern district of Louis
lana, containing one hundred and seyenty-Sev-
en- acres and tifty-twO hundredths OF an acre
177 52-10O of an acre. also the west half OF the
northeast quarter OF section thirty-three, same
township and range and containing seventy
nine acres and sixty. three hundredths of
90 63100) also the east half of the north west
quarter OF section thirty-three III township one
south OF range two east, containing seventy
nine and siXty-three lundredths OF an acre
40 63-100 of an acre..
4. A certain tract of land lying either in the
parish OF AyOyelles or st. Landry, described as
follows commencing at the corner common to
sections twenty three, twenty-four, tlirty-one
and thirty-two i'll township nine south OF range
two east, and running north l6. west Al chains
to an ash tree in a slough, marked x, thence
north eghty-seven and one half, west four
chains and eighty links to a post, thence south
seventy-nine chains snd seventy links to post
thence east, twenty-eight chains and seventy
links to a post, thence south seventeen links to
an Iron-Wo0d tree marked NIX and blaze,
thence north sixteen, west forty two chains to
commencement post; whence to north
ten, east seven links to oak marked
"a, and north forty five, east seventeen links to
a large gum marked by original survey on
township one, range two east a, containing
one hundred and tllirty-four acres and twenty
nine hnndredths of an acre.
The said property to be sold in lots OF fifty
acres or thereabouts. and according to plat of
survey to be exhibited on day of sale. FL.
Terms-The above property to be sold on a
credit of IL months from day of sale and the
price OF adjudication to bear eight per cent per
annum interest from maturity till paid, and a
special vendors privilege and mortgage to be
retained on the whole OF the property to secure
the payment of the price OF the adjudication
and all accrued interests.
SARAH A. NEWELL,
june % Administrative.