Legal Opinion

Succession of Seals

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 18, 1963No. 46278PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMLIN, Justice.

The principal issue herein involved is the hostile possession of Stokes Seals, deceased, as to sixty acres of land located in Claiborne Parish.

*1059■ Stokes Seals died testate on 'April 19, .1959; in his last will and testament he appointed his wife, Lillie Mae Seals, nee Watts, executrix of his estate and bequeathed to her an undivided one-half interest of all the property, real and personal, he died possessed of. After probate of the will and confirmation of the testamentary executrix, Lillie Mae Seals and Dorothy Mae Seals (adopted daughter of Stokes and Lillie Mae Seals,…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Hill v. RicheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  2. Leader Realty Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  3. Labarre v. RateauSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
  4. Fried v. BradleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  5. Lee v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Clark v. RichardsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  2. Humble v. DeweyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
  3. Humble Oil & Refining Company v. BoudoinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  4. Givens v. GivensLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
  5. Noel v. Jumonville Pipe and MacHinery CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963

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