Legal Opinion

Pitre v. Fontenot

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 8, 1934No. 1326Published

1Opinion of the Court

MOUTON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Edmonie Pitre,- is the daughter of defendant, Mrs. Ernestine Fontenot, widow of Madison Pitre, father of plaintiff, who died in St. Landry parish in 1910. Madison Pitre’s estate in community with his surviving wife was sold to effect a partition and the proceeds were relegated to the notary for distribution among the heirs.

The share allocated to Mrs. Edmonie Pitre, plaintiff, amounted to the sum of $212.13, which was carried on the tableau filed in the succession proceedings, and subsequently homologated. This amount of $212.13 due plaintiff, as an heir, was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brownson v. WeeksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
  2. Edwards v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
  3. Lafitte v. DelognySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
  4. Honeycutt v. WhittenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923

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