Legal Opinion

Hearsey v. Craig

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 23, 1910No. 18,054PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter B. Sommerville, Judge. Action by Sidney P. Hearsey and others against Edna S. Craig. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

*825Statement of the Case.

MONROE, J.

Plaintiffs are grandchildren of Mrs. Evalina Gamper, who died in April, 1909, and they seek to annul an act of conveyance made by her to defendant on November 26, 1907, which reads, in part, as follows:

“Said Mrs. Evalina Gamper declared to me, notary, and witnesses, that the said Mrs. Edna S. Craig is her niece, and that during her continued and painful illness the said Edna S. Craig has devoted her entire time in nursing and caring for declarant, and for that purpose has abandoned a lucrative position, her only means of support, and she further declared that…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Lagrange v. BarreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1845
  2. Succession of FoxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
  3. Moore v. WartelleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
  4. Kleinpeter v. HarriganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Owen v. OwenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  2. Whitman v. WhitmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
  3. Succession of HenrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
  4. In Re AndrusSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  5. Castleman v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920

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