SUCCESSION OF SHAW

No. 13568.

360 So.2d 530 (1978)

Succession of Eugene (Gennie) SHAW.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest F. Foppe, Shreveport, for Janie Shaw O'Neal, plaintiff-appellant.

Goode, Goode & Overdyke by D. F. Overdyke, III, Shreveport, for Emma Lee Shaw, defendant-appellee.

Before PRICE, HALL and MARVIN, JJ.


PRICE, Judge.

The primary question before us is the validity of the appeal taken by Janie Shaw O'Neal, the illegitimate child of Eugene Shaw, who seeks recognition as an heir of decedent. The surviving widow, who has been sent into possession of decedent's estate, filed a motion to dismiss this appeal contending that there is no timely appeal from a trial court judgment for review by us.

The procedural background giving rise to this appeal is as follows: Appellant...

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