Faison v. Patout

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiffs, Mrs. Bessie Patout Faison and Mrs. Annie Patout Pole, instituted this suit to be recognized as the owners of certain items of jewelry by virtue of an alleged manual gift from their mother, Mrs. Clelie Romero, widow of Hypolite Patout, both deceased. During the proceedings in the lower court, one of the plaintiffs, Mrs. Annie Patout Pole, died, and her succession, through the testamentary executrix, was made a party in this suit.

The defendants are grandchildren of Mrs. Clelie Romero Patout and Hypolite Patout, being children of their three deceased sons, Ory,…