Legal Opinion

Succession of Schlumbrecht

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 2, 1915No. 21326PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Capt. John Schlumbrecht and his wife, Mary Condley. Suit by Mrs. Elizabeth Schlumbrecht, wife of James C. Peyton, and another, to annul the will of Capt. John Schlumbrecht, deceased, and for other relief, against John Francis Roth. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, C. J.

It appears from the face of the record that Mrs. Schlumbrecht died intestate in 1906, and that her husband died in January, 1915, leaving what purports to be *175a nuncupative will, by public act, wherein Ms grandson, John Francis Roth, is named as executor; that the successions were opened by Roth, who obtained an order for the registry and execution of the will, for the issuance of letters testamentary, for the publication of his application for letters of administration upon the succession of Mrs. S'chlumbrecht, and for the taking of an inventory; that the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Zerega v. PercivalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
  2. Succession of McDermottSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
  3. Godden v. Executors of BurkeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
  4. Starrs v. MasonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
  5. Chardon's Heirs v. BongueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1836

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Succession of YeatesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
  2. Succession of FranzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
  3. Succession of HersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
  4. Texada v. SpenceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
  5. Succession of NelsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927

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