Legal Opinion
Succession of Moody
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 16, 1963No. 46681PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
Certiorari was granted herein to review a judgment of the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, involving a rule to tax costs.
A first suit filed on January 4, 1954, by Benjamin Roumain attacked the will of the late Annie Laurie Roumain Moody on the grounds of forgery. This suit was dismissed as of nonsuit on February 8, 1954, and the plaintiff therein, Benjamin Roumain, was cast for costs. On that same day a second suit was filed by Benjamin Roumain, which involved an attack upon the validity of the two wills of the decedent, Annie Laurie Roumain Moody— one of which was executed on…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Alley v. HawthornSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1846
- Navarro v. DerbesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Simonds v. HeinnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
- Trimble v. BrichtaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1856
- Wall v. RabitoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hollingsworth v. City of MindenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
- Succession of MoodyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- Miller v. Housing Authority of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Murry v. City of OakdaleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Edwards v. DaughertyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
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