Briggs v. McLaughlin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Action by Bob Briggs against Washington McLaughlin, administrator, and M. Rax intervenes. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant and intervener appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Plaintiff sues to be recognized as the only surviving child and sole heir of Tulip McLaughlin, deceased, wife of Washington McLaughlin, and, as such, to be put in possession of her estate. He also prays that letters of administration issued to defendant be revoked, as having been illegally issued. Defendant alleges that plaintiff was an illegitimate and unacknowledged child of the decedent, and is not entitled to inherit from her; also, that the succession owed debts and was legally and properly placed under his administration. The intervener appears as the child of a half-brother of the…
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