Melady v. Succession of Bonnegent
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; John R. Land, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Mary Melady and others against the succession of Mrs. Elizabeth Bonnegent. Exception of no cause of action maintained as to plaintiff Mrs. Melady, and she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
The plaintiffs in this suit are the surviving widow in community and the children, forced heirs, of the late Ernest Bonnegent, who ask to be decreed the owners of certain property situated in the city of Shreveport, and pray for rents of the said property from the date of the death of said Ernest Bonnegent. They allege that during the existence of the community lately existing between plaintiff Mrs. Mary Melady and the said Ernest Bonnegent the said Bonnegent transferred said property, immovable and belonging to the community, by gratuitous title, to his late mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Bonnegent,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bister v. MengeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
3Cited by1 opinion
- Snowden v. CruseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922