Legal Opinion

Succession of Harris

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 25, 1929No. 27386Published

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

Octavia Harris died intestate in the city of New Orleans, leaving a small estate inventoried at $1,704.

On- March 8, 1923, judgment was rendered in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, recognizing Louisa Kibby, the widow of Henry Jones, and a sister of decedent, as her sole and nearest heir, and sending claimant into possession of the effects of the succession.

This judgment was set aside by a judgment rendered May 15, 1923, at the instance of Lucy Kibby, wife of Louis Badger, the legitimate daughter of a deceased brother of Octavia Harris, She contested the claim of Louisa Kibby…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Succession of LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
  2. Estate of HardySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894

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