SUCCESSION OF DAVIS

Nos. 12987 C/W, 12988.

435 So.2d 473 (1983)

SUCCESSION OF George DAVIS, Jr. Mrs. George DAVIS, Jr. v. Lorena Davis ARDOIN and Oscar Davis.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Birch P. McDonough, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellant, Mrs. George Davis, Jr.

Max Zelden, Zelden & Zelden, New Orleans, for defendants/appellants, Lorena Davis Ardoin and Oscar Davis.

Before WARD, WILLIAMS and BYRNES, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the decedent's estate is to be inherited by his illegitimate children or by his surviving spouse. George Davis, Jr. died intestate on April 7, 1970 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His only descendants were three acknowledged illegitimate children; James Davis, Oscar Davis, and Lorena Davis Ardoin. James Davis, who pre-deceased George Davis, Jr., had three children; James Davis, Jr., Geraldine Davis, and Laverne...

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