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JACKSON v. GORDON

No. 13171.

381 So.2d 520 (1980)

James JACKSON and Sandra Faye Jackson v. Eddie W. GORDON and Curtie Lucille Garner Davis.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Dileo, Jr., Hammond, for plaintiffs.

E. Lynn Singleton, Greensburg, Ronald F. Plaisance, New Orleans, for defendants.

Before COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and COLE, JJ.

COLE, Judge.

Plaintiffs, James Jackson and Sandra Faye Jackson, claiming to be the illegitimate children of the decedent, James B. Gordon, sued to annul a judgment of possession in favor of defendants, Eddie W. Gordon and Curtie Lucille Garner Davis. Plaintiffs argue Louisiana's succession laws discriminate against illegitimate children and are, in that regard, unconstitutional.

The trial court found for defendants without giving written or oral reasons. We...

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