Legal Opinion

Succession of Robinson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 29, 1937No. 34463PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAND, Justice.

John M. Robinson, a wealthy planter and prominent business man in Caddo parish, died at his domicile in that parish on April 27, 1935, leaving a last will, olographic in form, and made by the testator in the year 1934.

This will was duly probated by the law firm of Tucker & Mason of Shreveport, La.

The inventory filed in his succession shows that the community property owned by decedent and his wife is estimated at $427,324, and that decedent’s one-half, plus $32,266.67, the value of his separate estate, amounts to $245,928.67.

This is a suit for the recovery of an attorney’s fee,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Dinkelspiel v. PonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  2. Hunt v. HillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  3. Peltier v. ThibodauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  4. State ex rel. Amand v. Bank of CommerceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
  5. Gathe v. BroussardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Saucier v. Hayes Dairy Products, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  2. Succession of ZatarainLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
  3. In Re Interstate Trust & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
  4. In re Dissolution of Mosquito Hawks, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
  5. Wellons v. ZambranoDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1983

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