Brooks v. House

ODOM. J.

Annie Thomas House died intestate, leaving neither father nor mother nor legitimate descendants, but was survived by her husband, Joe House, and the plaintiffs, John Brooks and Corine Jackson, both duly acknowledged illegitimate children who were born before she was married to Joe House and are not his children.

The question involved is one of law and is whether the husband or the acknowledged, illegitimate children of the deceased inherit her share of the community property, under Article 915 of the Civil Code, as amended by Act 160 of 1920. The judge of the district court held that…