Minor v. Young
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Terrebonne. Action by Mathilda and Mary Minor against Francis Young and others. A judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed on appeal by the Court of Appeal, and the defendants bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Alleging themselves to be the natural children of Rachel Clark, deceased, plaintiffs seek to recover of defendants certain real property situated ih the town of Houma, La., which belonged at her death to the said Rachel Clark.
Defendants are the transferees of Francis Young, lawful sister of the deceased, who claims to have inherited as her sole legal heir, and contest the right of plaintiffs to recover upon the ground that they were never legally acknowledged by the said Rachel Clark, so as to entitle them to inherit from her.
Tire district court gave judgment for defendants, which was, on…
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