Legal Opinion

Succession of Augustus

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided July 26, 1978No. 9327PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GULOTTA, Judge.

Decedent bequeathed to her husband the usufruct of her separate property under the following conditions:

“ . . . said usufruct to be for his lifetime and to terminate only upon his death or in the event he allows Thelma Poitant Augustus or Cecile Hill to enter this house.”

By way of background, from 1937 to 1946, Leonard Augustus, the usufructuary, lived with decedent, Hattie Simon. In 1946, he married Thelma Poitant; however, shortly thereafter returned to live with decedent. In 1960, while Augustus was still married to Poitant, Simon executed the statutory will containing the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Succession of RuxtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  2. Labarre v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1855

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Succession of WeidigLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997

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