Maxwell v. Maxwell

LAND, Justice.

At the death of John Joseph Maxwell, Sr., on October 27, 1922, his succession was opened in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans. Under a judgment rendered in the succession proceedings on January 12, 1923, Mrs. Lucy Lenas Maxwell was recognized as his widow in community, and, as such, was placed in possession of one-half interest in his estate, and also of one-fourth interest as legatee, under his last will and testament, of the disposable portion of his estate, or an undivided six-eighths interest in same.

Thomas A. Maxwell, plaintiff, and John Joseph Maxwell,…