Legal Opinion

Catlett v. Catlett

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 26, 1957No. 8713Published

1Opinion

On Application for Rehearing

2Per curiam

In an application for rehearing, defendants-appellees insist that it was error not to follow Blum v. Allen, 145 La. 71, 81 So. 760, and thereby hold that the heirs who had not been recognized as such and placed in possession of an estate by a judgment of court obtained contradictorily with the Inheritance Tax Collector were without standing or capacity to sue for the recovery of property inherited by them.

The jurisprudence, as heretofore pointed out, is not in accord with the holding in the cited case but is to the contrary. The jurisprudence is well settled to the…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Long v. ChailanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  2. Blum v. AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
  3. Guidry v. CaireSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  4. Wainer v. KirnLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1954

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