Cox v. Lea's Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by Robert M. Cox and others against the heirs of W. O. Lea. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
The plaintiffs, suing as the heirs at law of Mary Jane Cox, predeceased wife of William O. Lea, deceased, allege, in substance, that the two persons named were married in Mississippi in 1855, with the intention of establishing their domicile in Louisiana, and that they thereafter came to this state, and lived here until the death of Mrs. Lea, in 1892; that William O. Lea, at or shortly after his marriage, received $15,000, and 27 negro slaves, as the inheritance of his wife, and converted the same to the use of the community; that in June, 1892, he presented to…
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