Succession of Dupre
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George Henry Thgard, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Eugene Dupre, the tutor of Helen Coleman, filed in opposition, and from the judgment, she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPbovostx, J.
The administrator of the succession of Eiigene Dupre having filed the account of his administration, the tutor of the minor Helen Ooleman, filed an opposition, claiming that his ward should be placed on the account as heir to one-fourth of the succession, in her quality of adopted child of the decedent.
Wishing to adopt the child, Helen Ooleman, the decedent, Eugene Dupre, and his wife went before a notary, and passed an act which they and the notary thought conformed with all legal requirements. The act contains the declaration of the adopters that they adopt the child, and recites that the…
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