Legal Opinion

Succession of Ledet

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 20, 1932No. 31723PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’NIELL; C. J.

The executors of the will of the deceased, Henry Ledet, have appealed from a judgment ordering them to pay $250 to the widow, as tutrix, for the support of her two children, about 6 and 8 years of age, respectively. They and their mother are in necessitous circumstances; their livelihood depending upon her meager wages. She is working in a millinery establishment for $10 a week. The value of this estate exceeded $50,000, at the time of Mr. Ledet’s death, February 23, 1928. The two children, being the only forced heirs, are-entitled to half of the estate; and their mother, in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Succession of BroadawaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1848

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Malone v. CannonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  2. Succession of WengertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934

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