Spillman v. Spillman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Jessie Spillman, widow of Henry Spillman, against the Succession of Henry Spillman. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff sues the succession of her deceased husband for $5,837.42, which she claims she lent him in divers sums at different' times. While the suit is nominally against the succession as represented by the testamentary executrix, sister óf the decedent, it is in reality against this sister of the decedent, who is his universal legatee.
The plaintiff and the decedent were paramours for several years before their marriage, which took place about a year after the decedent had had a second stroke of apoplexy, from which he never recovered. He died in 1915, about three years after the marriage.…
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