Succession of Oliver

Upon the death of John Oliver, Sam Haskins representing himself as his half-brother and sole heir obtained an ex parte judgment recognizing him as such. Whereupon Eliza Harris, on January 30, 1922, filed a petition in which she alleged that she was married on September 3, 1897, by Claiborne Scott of Belle Point, Parish of St. John the Baptist, to the deceased John Oliver, who died intestate. She prayed for judgment setting aside the judgment in favor of Sam Haskins and to be recognized as the widow in community of John Oliver and as such entitled to all the property left by him, under Act 80…