Brand v. Mornhinveg

This is a contest arising in the succession of Oonrad Brand and Olympe V. Mornhinveg, his wife.

On November 6, 1895, John A. Drummond, on the one hand, and Oonrad Brand and Olympe Y. Mornhinveg, his wife, on the other hand, appeared before a notary public of the parish of St. Landry and executed what purports to be an act of adoption of the minor, Margaret Frances Drummond, issue of the marriagg of John A. Drummond and Susan Alice Elizabeth Morris. Attached to the notarial act, as part thereof, is a separate and independent contract under private signature between the parties seemingly…