Legal Opinion
Sunseri v. Cassagne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 5, 1940No. Nos. 34572, 35504PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment annulling a marriage.
The plaintiff, Cyril P. Sunseri, who married the defendant, Verna Cassagne, on May 13, 1935 instituted this suit seeking to annul the marriage on the ground that the defendant is a person of color, having a traceable amount of negro blood. We previously entertained an appeal in this case and remanded it to the lower court for the taking of certain evidence, 191 La. 209, 185 So. 1.
There were three certain certificates that appeared to be correct which i.f permitted to stand would be decisive of the issues involved in this…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sunseri v. CassagneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
3Cited by14 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Treadaway v. Louisiana State Board of HealthLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
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