Legal Opinion
In re the Succession of Kinchen
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 6, 1980No. 13620PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOTTINGER, Judge.
The validity of a nineteenth century marriage forms the substantive issue on this appeal, but a procedural question concerning prescription is also at issue. These issues arise in a suit by collateral heirs of the deceased, Solomon Kinchen, to be placed in possession of his estate.
Solomon K. Kinchen died on May 16, 1950. A judgment of possession was rendered on September 20,1950, naming Annie Bell Haynes Kinchen, his surviving widow, as sole heir of the property of the deceased and putting her in full possession thereof, including possession of a lot of ground in Baton Rouge…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Duplessis v. YoungSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1856
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