Legal Opinion

Womack v. McCook Bros. Funeral Home

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 9, 1940No. 35524PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Justice.

This is a suit by the surviving widow to recover her half interest in community property sold by the administrator of her husband’s succession to one of the defendants, McCook Brothers Funeral Home, Inc.r which company, in turn, transferred the property to the defendant Mrs. Florence Evans.

For cause of action plaintiff, in addition to alleging specific irregularities in the succession proceedings, alleged that the only debt, owed by the succession of her late husband was that due to the McCook Brothers Funeral Home, Inc., for his funeral expenses; that the property was…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Meriwether v. GarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. New Jersey v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Lane County v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  4. Farley v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  5. Succession of PizzatiSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cities Service Oil Company v. Mrs. Angela Richard LauneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  2. Henderson's Estate v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
  3. Cloud v. CloudLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
  4. Scott v. Travelers Indemnity CompanyTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Maggio v. PapaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944

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