The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-01-29
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
% 4 Judicia' H'st7'c' -cn'-P'r-
ish of ST. Mary.

ish of ST. Mary.
Succession of J. Dallas Simms,
Deceased. No 1854,
Under and by virtue OF commission
aud writ, issued and directed 10 me in
the above entitled and numbered sue
cessiOn pursuant to an order OF the
Honorable Thomas NJ. Milling. Judge
of the 23rd Judicial District Court OF
the State of Louisiana. in and for the
Parish of ST Mary, bearing date the
Both day of December, 1915. shall Of
fer for sale, to pay the debts of the de-
ceased and the charges Of the succession,
at public auction. for cash, for not less
than two-thirds of its appraised value,
to the last and highest bidder at the
principal front door Of the Court House,
in the Town Of Franklin, Parish OF st.
Mary, State Of Louisiana. on
SATURDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF
FEBRUARY, A. D.. 1916,
between the hours of II o'clock a. m.
and O clock p. M, the following des-
crbed property, to<wlt:
It'd. The undivided one-halt OF that
certain tract of land or sugar plantation
situated in the Parish of St. Mary.
Louisiana, formerly forming part of
the Belleview Plantation, described as
follows:
First: Commencing at the Bayou
Teche on the dividing line between
land of Mary Hudson and Bellview
Plantation, thence North II IL degrees
West r. IS chains to public road, thence
along said road y degrees East rs
chains to the lower front corner OF the
Nerson tract, thence South 4 degrees
and 80 minutes West Is. 40 chains to the
said Bayou Tecbe, thence South 81 de-
grees West $50 chains to point OF
beginning. and containing a superficial
area of 1.S7 acres.
Second: Thence commencing at the
lower front corner Of said Nerson tract
on said public road North - degrees
East IL. 80 chains to the upper corner OF
said Nerson tract thence South de-
grees and 30 minutes. West II - chains
to Bayou Teche, thence traversing the
Bayou Teche TO the center of IL cana
leading to the public road. thence North
eleven degrees East along said canal
40 SO chains across the public road,
thence North y degrees, East l 80
chains to center of canal, thence along
said canal North Is degrees and 30
minutes East 81 GA chains thence South
70 degrees East l3 chains. thence
North Is degrees and 80 minutes East
1908 chains, thence south ~ degrees
East g. Ii chains. thence south " de-
grees East 4S7 chains to the ~Mary
Hudson tract, thence South II degrees
East on said line 1926 chains TO public
road and containing a superficial area
of ST. 80 acres.
The first tract being bounded North
by property formerly OF the Estate Of
Il. Nerson, East by Bayou Teche.
South by land of Mary Hudson and
West by public road.
The second tract being bounded
North by property formerly Of the Belle
view Plantation East by Bayou Teche |
r. Nerson and land herein first desert
Nerson and Mary Hudson and West by |
property formerly of Beleview Planta
ton.
(2nd). That certain lot or tract of
land lying and being situated within |
VIC wi pOIdtC VI tuC IL" VI
Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, Louisi |
ana, having a front o. seventy ght |
(78) feet, more or less on Water Street.
by tie depth of Seventy-eighf t1S) feet,
the said lines opening towards the rear
80 as to give measurement of Eighty !
(SO) feet on the rear boundary.
The said lot being bounded on the
North by land of tho Estate Of Mrs
John Maltese, deceased, on the East or
in front by Water Street, on the South
by Commerce Street, and on the West
by the property of the heirs of Cas-
taigne, being the same property which
was acquired by Wilson McKerall by
virtue Of an act of transfer, executed
before C. +. Borah. Notary Public, re-
corded in Book XXX of Conveyance
Folio IS" Entry 25,ll3. and being the
property acquired by him. the said l..
z. Cross, from Mrs. Melissa Trowbrige
by virtue of an act of sale recorded in
Book I'D" of Conveyances, Folio "a,
Entry No. 81 ,222 in the office of the
Recorder Of this said Parish, together
with the buildings and Improvements
thereon situated, and all of the rights,
ways. privileges, servitudes and appur-
fenances thereto belonging.
Franklin, st. Mary Parish, State of
Louisiana, this 30,h day of December,
1915.
JOHN SIMMS. Administrator.
Borah Himel & Bloch. Attorneys.