Legal Opinion

Clark v. Hedden

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 14, 1902No. 13,957PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from civil district court, parish of Orleans; George H. Théard, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Hannah Hedden Clark against David C. Hedden and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.

Plaintiff brought this suit to compel her brothers aiid sisters, D. C. Hedden, Mrs. Anderson, H. PI. Pledden, and Helen Grace Hedden, to share with her, with the equality prescribed by our law, the property of the succession of their mother, Mrs. E. A. Hedden. Defendants urged by way of exception that, the mother having been at the time of her death a resident of the state of Tennessee, the part of her succession consisting of money and other personal property was not amenable to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state. On the trial they proved conclusively the change of domicile from…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. King v. AtkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
  2. Montgomery v. ChaneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1858
  3. Atkinson v. RogersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1859
  4. Heirs of Dupuy v. DupontSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1856
  5. In re Estate of LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Pounds v. YancyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
  2. Successions of WebreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
  3. Succession of Doll v. DollSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
  4. Champagne v. ChampagneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
  5. Successions of WebreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965

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