SUCCESSION OF PAYNE v. PAYNE

No. 82-252.

426 So.2d 1355 (1983)

SUCCESSION OF John Desmond PAYNE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Irma PAYNE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gahagan & Gahagan, Russell E. Gahagan, Natchitoches, for defendants-appellants.

Charles W. Seaman, Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, DOMENGEAUX and GUIDRY, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

In this suit the plaintiffs, Susie Marie Bayonne and Harold Bayonne, seek to be recognized as heirs of John D. Payne. The trial judge rendered judgment recognizing the plaintiffs as the illegitimate children of Payne and, as such, entitled to a proportionate share of his succession. The defendants, the widow and legitimate children of Payne, have appealed.

The issues presented by this appeal are (1) whether the Louisiana Supreme Court's decision...

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