Succession of Lasseigne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Mrs. Floriska Lasseigne, wife of Frapcois P. Lions. Petition by Francois P. Lions to be appointed administra tor, opposed -by the heirs of the deceased, was denied, his demand dismissed, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
Francois P. Lions and his wife, Floriska Lasseigne, resided for many years in the parish of St John the Baptist, where they reared a family of five children, all of whom have attained the age of majority. Some eight or nine years before the institution of the present proceedings, Lions abandoned the matrimonial domicile in St. John and went to New Orleans, where, as indicated by the evidence, he has since resided with another woman. His wife remained in St. John, where she died in January, 1916. Her succession was opened in that parish, and her five children were put in possession of her…
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