Legal Opinion

Succession of Damico

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 30, 1925No. 27018PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.

This case was here before under No. 25327 of our docket (Succession of Damico, 155 La. 1036, 99 So. 862).

Thereupon we held:

“In a contest for administration of decedent’s succession between heirs and alleged widow, who had been divorced from a former husband for adultery with T., it was error to exclude evidence that decedent and T. were the same person; Civ. Code, art. 161, prohibiting guilty party in divorce from marrying accomplice.”

And again:

“In a contest for administration between decedent’s widow and his heirs, evidence that the widow had property of decedent in her possession, which…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Duffard v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1893
  2. Succession of DamicoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Borden v. Louisiana State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
  2. Bowen v. DoyalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  3. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. v. Violet Trapping Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
  4. Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
  5. Darouse v. MamonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967

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