Succession of Blackburn
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. Proceeding by- Chaney Cooper and another to be sent into possession of the estate of Nancy Smith Blackburn, deceased, wherein H. H. Blackburn filed a petition ip opposition. From a judgment rejecting his demands, petitioner in opposition appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
On August 24, 1920, Chaney Cooper (née Smith) and Selina Watson (née Smith) made ex parte application to the court below, alleging themselves to be lawful heirs — sister and niece, respectively — of Nancy Blackburn (née Smith), the latter having died intestate, without ascendants ox- descendants, and were sent into possession of her estate.
January 29, 1921, the husband filed in said succession a petition alleging that deceased had died without lawful ascendants, descendants, or collateral relations, and that he was entitled to inherit her estate. Assailing the correctness of the inventory…
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