Legal Opinion · Dissent

Succession of Harris

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 23, 1934No. 32703Published

1DissentO’Niell, Chief Justice

My opinion is that the judgment appealed from is correct.

Oakley B. Harris died in New Orleans, where he had his residence and domicile, leaving an estate then valued at $426,533.27, but now worth very much less. He was survived by his mother, Mrs. Susie Jackson Harris, who resided in Oourtland, Ala., and by five brothers and sisters, and two nephews, the children of a deceased sister. 1-Ie left a will, in which he gave special legacies to two of his brothers and to three outsiders (one of whom has renounced the legacy), and gave the entire residue of his estate to ten nephews and nieces,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Cox v. Von AhlefeldtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  2. Williams v. Pope Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
  3. Jordan v. FilmoreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
  4. Succession of GreenlawSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  5. Miller v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901

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