O'Donogan v. Knox
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western JDist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, THE JUDGE OP THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action by an heir at law, claiming a share of the succession of her deceased sister, who was the wife of the defendant, who holds possession of it under a will, as instituted heir and universal legatee.
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Western JDist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, THE JUDGE OP THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action by an heir at law, claiming a share of the succession of her deceased sister, who was the wife of the defendant, who holds possession of it under a will, as instituted heir and universal legatee. The plaintiff alleges she is the sister and heir at law of Eleanor O’Donogan, deceased, and as such entitled to inherit one half of her succession. That it is now in the hands of the defendant, and consists of paraphernal effects, to the value of two…
1Opinion of the CourtCarleton, J.
The petitoner avers, that Eleanor O’Donegan, wife of the defendant, died without descendants, but leaving a mother, and the petitioner, her sister, who are her only legal heirs. That the deceased brought into marriage property consisting of land, money and cattle, hogs, horses and furniture, all of *386the value of a thousand dollars ; that during the marriage, came to the possession of other property, amounting to the same sum; that no marriage contract existed between the parties; that all the other property in their possession at the death of Eleanor, consisted of acquests and gains, made…
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