Beck v. Beck

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

The sole issue tendered by this appeal is whether the privilege accorded a widow in necessitous circumstances, against the assets of the succession of her deceased husband, is lost or is prescribed because she does not protect her rights by demanding a separation of patrimony within three months after the heirs have unconditionally accepted the succession, as is provided by Article 1444 et seq., of the Revised Civil Code.

J. Wilson Beck died intestate while a resident of Lincoln parish on March 21, 1932, leaving a widow, Mrs. Kate Beck, the plaintiff, in necessitous…