Leleu v. Dooley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, O. J.

The plaintiffs, two sons of Onezime Leleu, aver that their father died in the parish of Iberia on the 25th of January, 1894, leaving twelve children as his legitimate and legal forced heirs. That their father was twice married; that they and three others are the issue of the first marriage, while there are seven who are the issue of the second marriage with Elizabeth Dooley.

That on the 15 th August, 1879, their father made a pretended dation en paiement to his second wife, the present defendant, of all the property of which he was the…