Case Name: Samuel Evans vs. I. N. Pipes, Executor
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Gunby 56
Docket Number: 
Parties: Samuel Evans vs. I. N. Pipes, Executor.
Judges: 
Reporter: Legal points decided by the Second circuit court of Louisiana (Gunby's Reports)
Volume: 1
Pages: 56–56

Head Matter:
Samuel Evans vs. I. N. Pipes, Executor.

Opinion:
Mayo, J.
Heirs cannot sue -for specific property, nor an interest in certain property of their ancestor's succession; their remedy is to sue for a partition of the entire succession.
2. A plea of compensation, cautiously made in the alternative and against such judgment as may be obtained, does not have the legal effect of admitting the claim sued on.