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THOMAS v. STEWART

No. 7209.

337 So.2d 645 (1976)

Mrs. Orelia Moten THOMAS et al. v. Honorable William H. STEWART, M.D., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Revius O. Ortique, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James P. Screen, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before SAMUEL, REDMANN, GULOTTA, STOULIG and BEER, JJ.

REDMANN, Judge.

This is another case of alteration of vital statistic records by a former Orleans registrar whose zeal for correctness of her records at times overcame her reason, and whose medicines were therefore at times worse than the ills she sought to cure.

Years after the births of the six plaintiff children, the registrar substituted for their long-standing birth records new certificates deleting their father's name (leaving that space blank)

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