Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Cosey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 27, 1983No. 83-CA-0382PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
434 So.2d 386 (1983)
Mercidies Sims JORDAN
v.
Leola Marie COSEY, et al.
No. 83-CA-0382.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 27, 1983.
Milton Osborne, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.
Walter J. Barnes, Baton Rouge, Ronald G. Coleman, Ruston, for defendants-appellees.
CALOGERO, Justice.
In this case we must determine whether a statute, La.C.C. art. 1486 (repealed in 1979), which limited the amount an illegitimate child could receive by donation from his natural father to one-fourth of his father's property if the father left legitimate ascendants or legitimate siblings, was constitutional.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Succession of ClivensSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Succession of BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Matter of Succession of RobinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Succession of ThompsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Talley v. Succession of StuckeySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Talley v. Succession of StuckeyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
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