LEE v. HUNT

Civ. A. No. 76-0628.

431 F.Supp. 371 (1977)

Mrs. Frania Tye LEE v. Ray Lee HUNT, Executor of the Estate of H. L. Hunt.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

May 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace A. Hunter and Roger M. Fritchie, Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Lawrence E. Donohoe, Jr., Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, La., Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Caltwell & Miller, Dallas, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM RULING

STAGG, District Judge.

The administrator of the estate of a Texas decedent, who qualified in Louisiana only for the purpose of administering a relatively small amount of property here, was sued under diversity jurisdiction on a claim by a woman whom the decedent is purported to have married fifty years before. She claimed that she is entitled to be recognized as owner of one-half of the community property acquired during the existence of...

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