Legal Opinion

Succession of Lewis

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 17, 1943No. 2491PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John Hiram Lewis, Sr., died at his domicile in Acadia Parish, on August 29, 1942, and left a last will and testament in olographic form devising all his properties, consisting of both movable and immovable property, to his three children and sole heirs, John Hiram Lewis, Jr., Charles Sidney Lewis, and Marion Bean Lewis, wife of Robert C. Broadhurst, subject to the usufruct of his surviving spouse, Mrs. Allie Johnson Lewis. It is shown that all of the properties belonged to the community of acquets and gains existing between the deceased and his said surviving spouse, and that the gross value…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Succession of LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  2. In Re Stelly's EstateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Payton v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
  2. Rochelle v. RussLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1951
  3. McBride v. McBrideLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
  4. National Metropolitan Bank of Washington v. Joseph Gawler's Sons, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947

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