Shorts v. Daniel

CULPEPPER, Judge Pro Tern.

In this suit for declaratory judgment to have six 1 plaintiffs declared to be the owners of immovable property located in Ten-sas Parish, eleven2 defendants appeal an adverse judgment. The pivotal issue presented in this appeal is whether as a matter of law, the defendants are entitled to participate in a succession through the legal fiction known as “representation”. Finding no error in the trial court’s ruling for the reasons hereinafter assigned, we affirm.

FACTS

The factual posture of this case is not in dispute. Mose Gwinn and Ann Lewis Gwinn were married on April…