Succession of McLain
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish, of Orleans; George H. Théard Judge. Suit by Timothy Dwyer against Mrs. John Lund, administratrix of the succession of Mrs. Margaret McLain, widow of William Dwyer, and another. Judgment for plaintiff in part, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
William Dwyer, deceased husband of Margaret McLain Dwyer, deceas*377ed, acquired during their marriage and as community property two lots of ground in a thinly settled part of this city. He died in April, 1882, leaving his widow and four minor children, viz. Alice (now widow Cohen), aged 18 years, Margaret (now Mrs. John Lund), aged 11 years, Timothy, aged 10 years, and Patrick, aged perhaps, 6 years, and leaving no other visible estate than his interest in the above-mentioned lots and a mule and dray, with which last mentioned he had earned his livelihood. His…
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