Legal Opinion

Succession of Foster

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 29, 1960No. 44284PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VIOSCA, Justice.

Samuel Foster died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he was domiciled, on January 23, 1952 leaving a widow and six children by two former marriages and an estate comprising both separate and community property.

On petition of decedent’s six children, who alleged that the decedent died intestate, judgment was rendered placing the widow in possession of an undivided one-half interest in the community property and the six children in possession of an undivided one-twelfth interest each in the community property and an undivided one-sixth interest each in the separate property left…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Soniat v. WhitmerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  2. Lacaze v. HardeeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
  3. Williams v. Ralph R. Miller ShowsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1943
  4. State v. ComstockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
  5. Perot's Estate v. PerotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Sun Finance Co., Inc. v. JacksonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  2. Deubler Elec. Inc. v. Knockers of LouisianaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
  3. Cefalu v. N. Cefalu CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
  4. State, Department of Highways v. BuschSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
  5. Baham v. SutherlandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967

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