Tannehill v. Tannehill
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
DIXON, Justice.
In these consolidated actions Theodore L. Tannehill, Jr. seeks to establish judicially that he is not the father of Scott, the child born to Estelle Scott Southerland Tannehill.
One of the suits is an action en desaveu. The other is a separation suit by the wife in which disavowal is sought in a reconventional demand.
The child was born during the existence of a marriage between Theodore and Estelle. To avoid the presumption of paternity of C.C. 184, Theodore contends that his marriage to Estelle was a nullity because her prior divorce was a nullity. He contends that Estelle's…
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