Legal Opinion

Succession of Brown

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 8, 1948No. 38652PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PONDER, Justice.

Mrs. Eva Brown, widow of Albion F. Davidson died intestate on February 26, 1947 at Houma in the Parish of Terrebonne. She was survived by five children and seven grandchildren, issue of two predeceased children. Mrs. Ethelwyn Davidson Johnson, wife of Claude L. Johnson, applied to the district court to be appointed administratrix of her mother’s succession, alleging that she was a beneficiary heir, and asked for an inventory and appraisement of the estate. C.o-heirs, representing 5/7 interest in the estate, opposed her appointment as administratrix and petitioned the court to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Succession of KneippSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
  2. Succession of GuateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  3. Succession of SloaneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857
  4. Succession of GusmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Succession of HemenwaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  2. Henry v. JeanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
  3. Dion v. KnapLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
  4. Succession of StansburySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958

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