Phelps v. Mulhaupt
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; J. R. Land, Judge. Suit by Rinaldo A. Phelps and another against Joseph T. Mulhaupt and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants J. T. and O. P. Mulhaupt appeal, and plaintiffs answered the appeal praying that that part of the judgment requiring them to collate for certain property received be stricken.
1Opinion
On the Merits.
[3] Mrs. Nannie T. Mulhaupt, deceased, was twice married; the first time to Rinaldo A. Phelps, Sr., some time during the year 1866, and the second, to Otto E. Mulhaupt in 1879. Of the first marriage, there were born three children, to wit, Ruth, Rinaldo A., Jr., and Henry K. Phelps, and whose father died in 1873, leaving little or no estate. The mother qualified as their natural tutrix, and on her marriage to Mulhaupt he became cotutor. Of the second marriage, two children were born, to wit, Joseph T. and Otto P. Mulhaupt. »
In 1886, and prior to the birth of the Mul-haupt…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smith's Heirs v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902