Legal Opinion

Paxton v. Paxton

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 10, 1937No. 1695PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DORE, Judge.

John Paxton died on September 16, 1932, leaving no ascendants nor descendants, but leaving a last will and testament in which he bequeathed most of,his property to a brother, two sisters, Joe Goff, a relative by marriage, and 30 acres of land to Joe Lee, a negro woman. After the will had been probated, and after the executor had filed his final account and had been discharged, the present plaintiffs, some nineteen in number, being collateral heirs of the deceased, filed a suit against all of the legatees under the will seeking to annul the will on various grounds, both of form and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Succession of JahrausSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
  2. Succession of LandrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
  3. Succession of HamiltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Gray v. GrayLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
  2. Thomas v. ThomasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
  3. Succession of BacotLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
  4. State v. DavisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015

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