Landry v. Bellanger
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Action by Florida D. Landry and others against Marie S. Bellanger and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The plaintiffs are the children and grandchildren and' legal heirs of John T. Dumesnil, deceased; and the defendant is the legatee under his will, and executrix under his will without bond. The numerous demands of the petition, based, all except one, on the supposed nullity of marriage between the deceased and the defendant, need not be detailed, since we have reached the conclusion that the marriage was valid. The one exception is a demand by the plaintiffs to be recognized as legal heirs and put in possession.
Defendant and the deceased went through ceremony of marriage on two different…
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