Legal Opinion
Succession of Chapman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 26, 1954No. 40885PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
The Citizens National Bank of Decatur, Illinois, the Executor of the Succession of Edmund B. Chapman, petitioned the lower court for a declaratory judgment fixing the status of a tract of land containing 163.43 acres with improvements thereon situated in Acadia Parish. The surviving widow, heirs and legatees were made parties to the suit. Upon hearing, the lower court gave judgment decreeing the ownership of the property to be one-half in the community existing between the deceased and his surviving widow and the other one-half to be owned by the deceased individually. The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Thomas v. ScottSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
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3Cited by8 opinions
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