Legal Opinion

Succession of Hopkins

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 12, 1959No. 44301PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

HAMLIN, Justice.

Appellees, Sarah Bostic Hopkins and Lilly Mae Hopkins Floyd, who by judgment of the trial court were adjudged the surviving widow in community and sole heir, respectively, of John L. Hopkins, move for the transfer of this appeal to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit. They allege that the sole asset of the succession of the deceased, a tract of land situated in East Baton Rouge Parish, is worth only $2,000 or less, which is an amount insufficient to lodge appellate jurisdiction in this Court. Article VII, Sec. 10, Louisiana Constitution of 1921; West’s LSA— Constitution, Art.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

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  4. Anisman v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
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3Cited by1 opinion

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