Succession of Johnson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Case Certified from Court of Appeals, Parish'of Orleans. In the matter of the succession of Frank Johnson. From the decree, Lucile Johnson-appeals to the Court of Appeal. Case certified.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
We are informed by the statement before us that the record shows that Frank Johnson died intestate, leaving personal effects of little value, of which no inventory has been made.
He left no forced heirs. His collateral heirs claim his succession.
He was not married.
For 10 years or more he had lived with Rose Johnson as his wife. She cared for his household and attended to his wants. She was with him in his last illness, and when he died she applied herself to have him properly buried.
Some years before his death — the number is not disclosed — he insured his life, naming Rose Johnson as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- New York Life Ins. v. NealSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
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