Legal Opinion
Succession of Cambre
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 27, 1946No. 38034PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
The principal question presented for determination by this appeal is whether or not Francis Hilton Cambre, a person' born out of wedlock, was legitimated by the marriage of his parents occurring subsequent to his birth, thus constituting him a legal heir of his deceased father.
Theophile P. Cambre, Sr., was twice married, first to Odile Perilloux in June, 1912. Of this union two children were born, namely Theophile P. Cambre, Jr., and Emile J. Cambre.
Some months after the death in July, 1914, of his first wife, he resorted to illicit relations with one Louise Jacob, a femme…
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