Castagnie v. Bouliris
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Twenty-first District Court, Parish of Iberia. Mouton, J. S. Where the question of legitimacy is not raised by the pleadings, but merely the question of heirship, it is sufficient to pi’ove descent. % Where a man introduces a woman to his friends as his wife, calls her his wife, and he and she live together publicly as man and wife until her death, and their children, born while they are thus living together, are reared and cared for as their legal…
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A PPEAL from the Twenty-first District Court, Parish of Iberia. Mouton, J. S. Where the question of legitimacy is not raised by the pleadings, but merely the question of heirship, it is sufficient to pi’ove descent. % Where a man introduces a woman to his friends as his wife, calls her his wife, and he and she live together publicly as man and wife until her death, and their children, born while they are thus living together, are reared and cared for as their legal offspring, at the common domicile, and bear the name of .tlieir father, the law will presume that they have been lawfully…
1Opinion of the Court
'The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bermudez, O. J.
This is a petitory action against parties in pos•session.
Originally, it was brought by William. Castanié and Mary Bouleries • against Ed. Laughlin and Therese Bouleries.
Mary Bouleries having died, William Castanié, her brother, had himself appointed administrator of her estate, and in that capacity ■continued the prosecution of the suit.
The action was for the recovery of the undivided half of four pieces of real estate, two in the possession of Laughlin and two in that of Therese Bouleries.
The plaintiffs claimed as the legitimate…
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