Succession of Green v. Mears

Although never married to each other, Fannie F. Green and George L. Mears, Sr. lived together ostensibly as husband and wife from 1970 until she died in 1983. The collateral heirs of Mrs. Green have taken this appeal from an adverse judgment in their action under LSA-C.C. art. 1481 to *638annul and reduce donations mortis causa made by the testator to defendant Mears. The trial judge found that the relationship of the two parties met the jurisprudential definition of “concubinage,” but not that of “open concubinage,” and rejected their demands. We affirm.

The governing article of the Louisiana…