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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BAY ST. LOUIS. MISSISSIPPI
W. J. GEX. SR. (1878*1937) W. J. GEX. JR.(180?-1958) LUCIEN M. SEX
WALTER J. PHILLIPS GERALD C. GEX ETHEL. H. GEX
March 50, 1960
TELEPHONE HOMESTEAD T-6StO
Mr. aid. Mrs. Richard Z. Reeves,
New Orleans, La-
RE: Examination of	title to Part of	lot 149,
and all of Lot	160, First Ward,	Bay 3t.
_______Louis, Mississippi____________________
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Reeves:-
Pursuant to your request we have examined the title to the	above described property,	and reporting	thereon	wish,
to advise as follows:
This land was duly entered out of the United States Government, and after various and sundry conveyances the title to said property became vested in one Louis Piernas on Nov. 19th, 1855.
Thereafter on Aug. 5th, 1909, Henry	J.	Piernas	conveyed his	interest in said property	as an heir	of	Louis Piernas,
to Louis J. Piernas.
On May 14th, 1923, the heirs of Louis Piernas conveyed	said property to Mrs.	A. Gragnon. On	Oct. 22nd,	1923,
the	said	Mrs. Gragnon conveyed said property	to IS*s. Bernie
R. Beason.
Thereafter Mrs. Beason, joined by her husband, conveyed said property to C. K. Roe and Mary E. Roe, by deed dated Dec. 4th, 1924.
On Dec. 29th, 1924, C. K. Roe, et ux, conveyed said property to Mrs. Bernie R. Beason, retaining therein a life e state?
Thereafter, on August 12, 1926, C. K. Roe, et ux, conveyed the aforesaid retained life estate to Mrs. Bernie R. Beason.
Thereafter, on Dec. 28, 1926, Mrs. Bernie R. Beason, et vir, executed a deed of trust on said property to secure the payment of a note. The note so secured not having been