Succession of Payne v. Payne

426 So.2d 1355 (1983)

SUCCESSION OF John Desmond PAYNE, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Irma PAYNE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

No. 82-252.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1983.

Gahagan & Gahagan, Russell E. Gahagan, Natchitoches, for defendants-appellants.

Charles W. Seaman, Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, DOMENGEAUX and GUIDRY, JJ.

GUIDRY, Judge.

In this suit the plaintiffs, Susie Marie Bayonne and Harold Bayonne, seek to be recognized as heirs of John D. Payne. The trial judge rendered judgment recognizing the plaintiffs as the illegitimate children of Payne…