Succession of Pelloat
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Thomas M. Burns, Judge. Proceedings for settlement of the succession of Jacques Pelloat. From the judgment decreeing decedent’s widow her marital fourth, certain persons appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Jacques Pelloat, an unmarried man, of the peasant class, came to this country from the south of France in 1866, and settled in the parish of St. Tammany, where he engaged in business and prospered, and where he was'joined some time later, by his brother, Peter, and his sister, Mrs. Peyre; • another sister, Mrs. Christia-Blanchine, remaining at home. Mrs. Peyre appears to have kept house for him, and, many years ago, he formed the acquaintance of Lillie Gaile, then a girl, who grew up, married, became a widow, and lived in New Orleans, where she worked for her living, earning from $6 to $8 a…
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