Legal Opinion
Villa v. Lacoste
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 26, 1948No. 38311PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Charles Stephen Villa and Josephine Lacoste were married in the Parish of St. Bernard on February 11th, 1939. They established a matrimonial domicile in the city of New Orleans where their son, Charles Stephen Villa, Jr., was born on July 14th, 1941. On January 21st, 1946, Villa filed this suit against his wife to annul the marriage on the ground that she is a Negro. He also joined the minor (who is represented by a tutor ad hoc) as a defendant and seeks to disclaim the paternity and legitimacy of his offspring because of the alleged nullity of the marriage.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sunseri v. CassagneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
3Cited by5 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Treadaway v. Louisiana State Board of HealthLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
- State Ex Rel. Schlumbrecht v. Louisiana St. Bd. of H.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- State ex rel. Francis v. Louisiana State Board of HealthLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965